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F A M IL Y 


AND 


PRIVATE PRAYERS 


BY THE 

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REV. WILLIAM SERRIAN, D. D., 

RECTOR OF TRINITY CHURCH, NEW-YORK. 



gg WmP Our 

pfX'/* Father, who ~ 

art in heaven, Hal- 
'// lowed be thy Name; Thy ^ 
' kingdom come ; Thy will be 
done on earth as it is in heaven : 
Give us this day our daily bread ; 
And forgive us our trespasses,as we 
forgive them that trespass against 
us; And lead us not intotempta- 
), lion, but deliver us from evil: 
ffh For thine is thekingdom,and . 
jhlUl the power,and the glory, J® 
mwlltli, For ever and ever. .ij 
St lllllli, Amen. v1 «W 


FOURTH EDITION REVISED. 


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PREFACE. 


This Manual op Devotion for the family and closet, 
will be found, it is thought, peculiarly suited to the taste 
and feelings of the pious in our own communion. The 
principal part of it is taken from our Book of Common 
Prayer, and the rest, which will appear new to many, is 
almost entirely drawn from the offices for special occa¬ 
sions in the Liturgy of the Church of England. Two 
or three of the thanksgivings, from a different source, 
are written so much in the same style and spirit, as not 
to alter the cast of the work ; and frequently the compiler 
himself has thrown in such short petitions, or connecting 
clauses, as were necessary to give a proper fulness to 
some defective parts, and preserve the harmony of others. 
Wherever the prayers were complete in themselves, he 
has generally transferred them as they stand; wherever 
they were too brief and imperfect, he has combined the 
substance of two or three, or collected the scattered ex¬ 
pressions relating to any particular subject, so as to make 
one full and comprehensive prayer. But there has been 
in all cases a studied regard to the general form and 
character of the Liturgy, the several parts of penitence, 
supplication, intercession, thanksgiving, and praise being 
kept distinct. The selections from the Psalms, and from 



IV 


PREFACE. 


the other prophetic and poetical parts of Scripture, are 
appropriate accompaniments to the morning and evening 
prayers; and these fervent strains will enkindle the 
spirit of devotion, and render the exercises which follow 
more affecting and impressive. 

This compilation was found more difficult and labori¬ 
ous than might be supposed from the manner in which it 
is executed; but though it does not fully equal the hopes 
and wishes of the compiler, yet he thinks that it must be 
useful and acceptable to all who admire the elegant sim¬ 
plicity, the reverential fervor, the noble elevation of our 
venerable ritual, and who have been warmed and animat¬ 
ed by the evangelical spirit which pervades it. 


PREFACE 

TO THE THIRD EDITION. 


To this Manual of Devotion which, as it was remarked 
in the preface to the first edition, was taken chiefly from 
the Liturgy, a second part was added in the next, which 
was compiled, in a great measure, from the writings of 
devout and godly men in the Church of England. Both 
of these have now been carefully revised, and, as it is be¬ 
lieved, in some respects improved. A third part, derived 
in a degree from the same sources, has been added in the 
present edition, which is altogether new. The selections 
of Psalms prefixed to the Prayers for each morning and 
evening, and the versicles and litanies which are to be 
used responsively, it is thought will serve to fix the at¬ 
tention of the young, and heighten the interest of all in 
the celebration of Family Worship. The prayers for the 
sick and afflicted were, for the most part, prepared for 
particular occasions and emergencies, as they arose in the 
actual discharge of pastoral duty. It may readily be 
Supposed that in a compilation from such a variety of 
sources, there must have been no slight degr'ee of diffi¬ 
culty. In reducing to order and harmony what, in 
several of the works from which it was made, was loosely 

and immethodically arranged; in collecting together and 

1 * 




Vi PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. 

moulding into form and unity what was scattered and dis¬ 
jointed ; in adapting to modern taste and usage what was 
precious in substance, though often quaint and obsolete 
in expression, without materially altering its tone and 
character; in giving fulness to what was defective, and 
particularity to what was general; there was a call not 
only for the exercise of some degree of patience and re¬ 
search, but also for the introduction of a larger portion 
of original matter, than in the outset of the work was 
either intended or desired. In no part of it, however, 
was it found to be a task, but a labour of love; and as it 
was undertaken with a view to the glory of God, the hope 
is humbly and devoutly entertained, that it may be 
attended with His blessing. 


PREFACE 


TO THE FOURTH EDITION. 


The present edition of this manual has been newly ar¬ 
ranged and materially enlarged. Most of the additions 
which have been made to it consist of Ancient Litanies, 
purified from all taint of superstition and error, and pre¬ 
senting a perfect embodiment of Christian truth expressed 
in the most fervent strain of devotion. The other parts 
have been drawn from the writings of the earlier divines 
of the Church of England, and other rare and curious 
sources. The quaintness, the redundance, and rhapsody 
with which they were for the most part disfigured, have 
been carefully rejected; and the richness, the fulness, the 
depth of feeling and glow of expression, most scrupulous¬ 
ly retained. The apprehension is felt, however, that it 
will still be too earnest and fervid for the lukewarmness 
and apathy of the present age. 





































































FAMILY 


AND 

IP IE H V A ¥ E IP IE A ¥ E IE i o 


FIRST WEEK. 

Sunirag Jttormng. 

IT The master or mistress having called the family together, let 
one of them, or any other whom they shall think proper, begin the 
worship by reading such a portion of Scripture as may be convenient. 

IT The selections from the Psalms, befoi'e the morning and even¬ 
ing prayers, will be used with better effect if recited in alternate 
verses, the person conducting the devotions reading one verse, and the 
others audibly responding the next. 

This is the day which the Lord hath made; 
we will rejoice and be glad in it. 

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanks- 
giving , and will call upon the name of the 

Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the 
sight of all his people, in the courts of the 
Lord’s house ; even in the midst of thee, O Je¬ 
rusalem. 

Open me the gates of righteousness , that I 
may go into them , and give thanks unto the 
Lord. 

One thing have I desired of the Lord, 

which I will require; even that I may dwell 



10 


SUNDAY MORNING. 


in the house of the Lord all the days of my 
life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and 
to visit his temple. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the 
Lord ? or who shall rise up in his holy 
place ? 

Even he that hath clean hands and a pure 
heart $ and that hath not lift up his mind unto 
vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour. 

He shall receive the blessing from the 
Lord , and righteousness from the God of 
his salvation. 

I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord, 
and so will I go to thine altar: 

That I may show the voice of thanksgiv¬ 
ing , and tell of all thy wondrous works. 

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, 
and receivest unto thee: he shall dwell in thy 
court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures 
of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 

For with thee is the well of life $ and in 
thy light shall we see light. 

This shall be my rest for ever: here will I 
dwell, for I have a delight therein. 

For in the time of trouble he shall hide 
me in his tabernacle; yea , in the secret place 
of his dwelling shall he hide me , and set me 
up upon a rock of stone. 

For the Lord God is a fight and defence ; 


SUNDAY MORNING. 


II 


the Lord will give grace and worship ; and no 
good thing shall he withhold from them that 
live a godly life. 

For this God is our God forever and 
ever: Me shall he our guide unto death . 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost $ 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall he , world without end . Amen . 

IT All shall answer here, and at the end of every 
prayer, Amen. 

Let us pray. 

H The Lord’s Prayer to be audibly repeated by all, both here and 
wherever else it occurs. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed 
be thy name; Thy Kingdom come} Thy Will 
be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven 5 Give us 
this day our daily bread; And forgive us our 
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass 
against us; And lead us not into temptation; 
But deliver us from evil: For thine is the King¬ 
dom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever 
and ever. Amen . 

The versicles here and elsewhere to be used responsively. 

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us : 

And grant us thy salvation . 

O Lord, save our Rulers: 

And mercifully hear us when we call upon 
thee . 


12 


SUNDAY MORNING. 


Endue thy ministers with righteousness: 

And make thy chosen people joyful, 

O Lord, save thy people: 

And bless thine inheritance . 

Give peace in our time, O Lord: 

^Because there is none other that jighteth 
for us , but only thou , O God . 

O God, make clean our hearts within us: 

And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

Almighty God and heavenly Father, we* 
(I) give thee humble thanks, that thou hast 
vouchsafed to call us (me) to the knowledge 
of thy grace, and faith in thy Gospel, to re¬ 
ceive us (me) for thine own children (child) 
by adoption, to incorporate us (me) into thy 
Holy Church, and to make us heirs (me an 
heir) of thy everlasting kingdom. We (I) thank 
thee, that we (I) have been brought out of dark¬ 
ness and error, into the clear light of thy 
truth 5 that we (I) have been redeemed by the 
precious blood of thy dear Son; that, in ig¬ 
norance and doubt, we (I) have been guided 
by thy counsel ; that, in weakness and tempta¬ 
tion, we (I) have been succored and defended 
by thy heavenly grace 5 and that, in sorrow 

* The change in this prayer, from the plural to the singular num¬ 
ber, will show in what manner the Prayers which follow may be 
adapted to private as well as family devotion. 


SUNDAY MORNING. 13 

and trouble, we (I) have been refreshed and 
comforted with peace and joy in the Holy 
Ghost. But chiefly are we (am I) bound, on 
this day, to praise thee for the glorious resur¬ 
rection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who 
by his death hath destroyed death, and by his 
rising to life again hath restored to us everlast¬ 
ing life. And as we (I) do most heartily and 
devoutly adore thy name for this thine infinite 
goodness already vouchsafed to us (me;) so do 
we (I) most humbly beseech thee to continue 
thy grace and favor toward us (me,) by dis¬ 
posing us (me) to make a right use and im¬ 
provement of all thy mercies, that we (I) may 
not only worthily esteem them in our hearts 
(my heart,) but show forth a due sense of them 
in our lives (my life,) through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

O Eternal God, mighty in power, and of 
majesty incomprehensible, whom the heaven 
of heavens cannot contain, much less the walls 
of temples made with hands; but who yet hast 
been graciously pleased to promise thy especial 
presence wherever two or three of thy faithful 
servants shall assemble in thy name: regard, 
O Lord, our supplications this day in thy holy 
Church, and accept our imperfect services. 
Let thy Spirit be with us in the performance 


14 


SUNDAY MORNING. 


of all our duties, in confession of sin to affect 
our hearts with godly sorrow, in prayer to 
quicken our devotion, in praises to heighten 
our gratitude and love. Grant that our minds 
may be entirely raised from the thoughts of 
this w orld to the consideration of the next, and 
that we may join in the worship of thy Church 
with such steadiness of faith, with such serious¬ 
ness, affection and devotion of mind, that thou 
mayest accept our bounden duty and service, 
and vouchsafe to give whatever in thine infinite 
wisdom thou shalt see to be most expedient for 
us. Bless, also, the reading and preaching of 
thy word, and sow in our hearts the seed of 
eternal life, that whatsoever in thy holy Scrip¬ 
tures we shall profitably learn, we may indeed 
fulfil the same, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose 
spirit the whole body of the Church is govern¬ 
ed and sanctified, receive our supplications and 
prayers which we offer before thee for all es¬ 
tates of men in thy holy Church, that every 
member of the same, in his vocation and mi¬ 
nistry, may truly and godly serve thee. Make, 
we beseech thee, all bishops and pastors dili¬ 
gently to preach thy holy word, boldly rebuke 
vice, and patiently suffer for the truth’s sake, 


SUNDAY MORNING. 


15 


and the people obediently to follow it, that all 
may receive the crown of everlasting glory, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and 
the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy 
Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen . 


16 


SUNDAY EVENING. 


0mtto2 doming. 

Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as 
the incense 5 and, let the lifting up of my hands 
be an evening sacrifice. 

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from 
whence cometh my help. 

My help cometh even from the Lord, who 
hath made heaven and earth. 

When I called upon thee , thou heardest 
me: and enduedst my soul with much 
strength. 

O continue forth thy loving kindness unto 
them that know thee, and thy righteousness 
unto them that are true of heart. 

Let all them that put their trust in thee 
rejoice. 

For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto 
the righteous, and with thy favourable kindness 
wilt thou defend him as with a shield. 

Behold , he that keepeth Israel shall nei¬ 
ther slumber nor sleep. 

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil 5 
yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. 

The Lord shall preserve thy going out 
and thy coming in, from this time forth for 
evermore. 

How excellent is thy mercy, O God: and 


SUNDAY EVENING. 


17 


the children of men shall put their trust under 
the shadow of thy wings. 

I will lay me down in peace , and take my 
rest ; for it is thou , Lord , only that makest 
me dwell in safety. 

I will behold thy presence in righteousness ; 
and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall 
be satisfied with it. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

O Lord, save thy servants: 

Who put our trust in thee. 

Send unto us help from above: 

And evermore mightily defend us. 

Be merciful unto us, miserable sinners: 

And, for the glory of thy name , deliver us. 

O Lord, hear our prayer : 

And let our cry come unto thee. 

O most merciful God, who, according to the 
multitude of thy mercies, dost so put away the 
sins of those who truly repent that thou re- 
memberest them no more ; behold with pity 
the sorrows of thy servants, mercifully forgive 


18 


SUNDAY EVENING. 


us our trespasses, receive and comfort us who 
are grieved and wearied with the burden of 
our sins. And, though for our evil deeds we 
do worthily deserve to be punished, yet enter 
not into judgment with thy servants, O Lord, 
but turn thine anger from us, and give us peace. 
Deliver us through thy bountiful goodness, from 
the bands of those sins which by our frailty we 
have committed, that being mercifully relieved 
by the comfort of thy grace, we may hencefor¬ 
ward find thy service perfect freedom, and ever 
set forth thy praise and glory, by walking before 
thee in newness of life, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, who hast 
given us a good will to serve and please thee, 
grant also unto us strength and power to per¬ 
form the same, that we may continually mor¬ 
tify our corrupt affections, and daily increase 
in thy Holy Spirit more and more. Replenish 
us with the truth of thy doctrine, endue us with 
innocency of life, and dispose us, in all our 
thoughts, words, and deeds, to seek thy honour 
and glory, that, accomplishing in us the good 
work which thou hast begun, we may be found 
perfect and irreprehensible at the latter day, 
and come to those unspeakable joys which 
thou hast prepared for those who unfeign- 


SUNDAY EVENING. 19 

edly love thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 

Almighty God, who showest to them that 
are in error the light of thy truth, to the intent 
that they may return into the way of righteous¬ 
ness, grant unto all those who are admitted 
into the fellowship of Christ’s religion, that they 
may avoid those things that are contrary to 
their profession, and follow all such things as 
are agreeable to the same. Have mercy upon 
those who are in darkness and error, and take 
from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and 
contempt of thy word, and so fetch them home, 
blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be 
saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, 
and be made one fold under one Shepherd, 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O most glorious Lord, we acknowledge that 
we are not worthy to offer unto thee anything 
belonging unto us, yet we beseech thee, in thy 
great goodness, to accept the service which we 
have this day rendered unto thee, with all hu¬ 
mility and readiness of heart, in the place con¬ 
secrated to the honour of thy great name, and 
where thou hast been graciously pleased to 
promise thy especial presence. Be not severe, 
O Lord, to mark what has been amiss in the 


20 


SUNDAY EVENING. 


performance of our duty, the wandering of our 
minds, the coldness of our affections, nor the 
intrusion of worldly thoughts and cares $ but 
look mercifully upon our infirmities, heal our 
distempered fancies, lift up our hearts and fix 
them more steadily and devoutly upon things 
above, that, as we draw nearer and nearer to 
the grave, we may become purer in thy sight, 
and at length be found worthy of uniting in the 
adoration and praises of angels and saints in 
thy Heavenly Kingdom, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 



MONDAY MORNING. 


21 


Monirap Morning. 

Ponder my words, O Lord, consider my 
meditation. 

O hearken thou unto the voice of my call¬ 
ing , my King and my God $ for unto thee 
will I make my prayer. 

My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord ; 
early in the morning will I direct my prayer 
unto thee, and will look up. 

Thou, O Lord , art my defender ,* thou art 
my worship and the lifter up of my head. 

I did call upon the Lord with my voice, and 
he heard me out of his holy hill. 

I laid me down and slept , and rose up 
again , for the Lord sustained me. 

The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about 
them that fear him, and delivereth them 

O taste , and see how gracious the Lord 
is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

Praised be the Lord daily, even the God who 
helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 

He is our God , even the God of whom 
cometli salvation. God is the Lord , by whom 
we escape death. 

Because thou hast been my helper 5 there¬ 
fore, under the shadow of thy wings will I re¬ 
joice. 


22 


MONDAY MORNING. 


My soul hangeth upon thee $ thy right 
hand hath upholden me. 

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and 
after that receive me with glory. 

Whom have I in heaven hut thee ? and 
there is none upon earth that 1 desire in com¬ 
parison of thee. 

My flesh and my heart faileth $ but God is 
the strength of my heart, and my portion for 
ever. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it w as in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us: 

And grant us thy salvation. 

O God, make clean our hearts within us: 

And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, almighty 
and everlasting God, who hast safely brought 
us to the beginning of this day, defend us in 
the same with thy mighty power, and grant 
that this day we fall into no sin, neither run 
into any kind of danger, but that all our doings 


MONDAY MORNING. 23 

being ordered by thy governance, may be 
righteous in thy sight, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

And since it is of thy mercy, O gracious 
Father, that another day is added to our lives, 
we offer and present unto thee, ourselves, our 
souls, and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and 
living sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching 
thee to accept this our sincere, though unwor¬ 
thy oblation of ourselves, and to give us grace 
to bring our holy resolutions to good effect, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are 
open, all desires known, and from whom no se¬ 
crets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts 
by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we 
may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify 
thy holy name. Deliver us from all inordinate 
and sinful affections, mortify all vices in us, and 
so strengthen us by thy grace, that, by the in- 
nocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith, 
even unto death, we may glorify thy holy name ? 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, 
that like as we do believe thy only begotten Son 
our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the 




24 mondaymorning. 

heavens, so we may also in heart and mind 
thither ascend, and with him continually dwell. 
And since, according to his most true promise, 
the Holy Ghost came down to teach the hearts 
of thy faithful people and to lead them to all 
truth, grant us, by the same spirit to have a right 
judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice 
in his holy comfort, and finally exalt us unto 
the place which our Saviour Christ is gone to 
prepare for us, who liveth and reigneth with 
thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end. 
Amen . 

And to all thy people give thy heavenly 
grace. Grant repentance to them that live in 
sin, and perseverance to thy saints. In mercy 
remember them that have lost their health, or 
their peace, their innocence, or their hopes. 
Restore them, O Lord, to all good ; giving 
them pardon of their sins, patience under their 
sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their 
afflictions. Reclaim the wandering, bind up 
the broken-hearted, relieve the pains of the 
sick, support the spirits of the disconsolate, 
hear the cries of orphans and widows in their 
calamity, restore all that are oppressed to their 
rights, and sanctify to them all their wrongs. 
Look graciously upon those who are drawing 
near to the time of their dissolution, perfect 




MONDAY MORNING. 


25 


and accept their repentance, comfort and sup¬ 
port them in their last agony, and after their 
departure hence in peace and in thy favour, re 
ceive their souls into thine everlasting kingdom, 
through the merits and mediation of Jesus 
Christ thine only Son our Lord and Saviour. 
Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


26 


MONDAY EVENING. 


JHonirag (fuming. 

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a 
contrite heart, and will save such as be of an 
humble spirit. 

Put me not to rebuke , O Lord , in thine 
anger $ neither chasten me in thy heavy 
displeasure: 

For I will confess my wickedness, and be 
sorry for my sin. 

My confusion is daily before me , and the 
shame of my face hath covered me. 

I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and 
mingled my drink with weeping. 

But thou , O Lord God , art full of com¬ 
passion and mercy , long-suffering , plenteous 
in goodness and truth. 

O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy 
upon me ; give thy strength unto thy servant, 
and help the son of thine handmaid. 

Show some token upon me for good , that 
they who hate me may see it , and be ashamed ', 
because thou , Lord , hast holpen me , and 
comforted me. 

Consider, and hear me, O Lord mj 
God; lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in 
death; 

Lest mine enemy say , I have prevailed 


MONDAY EVENING. 


2: 


against him j for if I he cast down , they that 
trouble me will rejoice at it. 

Away from me, all ye that work vanity, for 
the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 

The Lord hath heard my petition: the 
Lord will receive my prayer. 

I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt 
so lovingly with me 5 yea, I will praise the 
name of the Lord most highest. 

Thou art a place to hide me in j thou shall 
preserve me from trouble ] thou shall com¬ 
pass me about with songs of deliverance. 

Great plagues remain for the ungodly $ but 
whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy em- 
braceth him on every side. 

Be glad , O ye righteous , and rejoice in 
the Lord : and be joyf ul , all ye that are true 
of heart. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, &c. 

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us: 

And grant us thy salvation. 

Turn thy face from our sins: 

And blot out all our iniquities. 


28 


MONDAY EVENING. 


O Lord, hear our prayer: 

And let our sighing come before thee . 

O Lord, we beseech thee, mercifully hear 
our prayers, and spare all those who confess 
their sins unto thee, that they whose con¬ 
sciences by sin are accused, by thy merciful 
pardon may be absolved. Turn thine anger 
from us who meekly acknowledge our vileness, 
and are heartily sorry for our faults. It is of 
thy mercy alone, O gracious Father, that we 
are not consumed, for our sins have cried to 
heaven, and justly provoked thy wrath and in¬ 
dignation against us. But thou hast not dealt 
with us after our sins, nor rewarded us after 
our iniquities. Grant, O Lord, that the con¬ 
sideration of this thy repeated goodness may 
work in us true repentance, and increase in us 
more and more a lively faith and love fruitful 
in all holy obedience; that we, ever trusting 
in thy mercy, protected by thy power, and 
crowned with thy continual and gracious favour, 
may walk before thee in holiness, peace, and 
joy on earth, and after death obtain everlast¬ 
ing life and joy in the Kingdom of Heaven, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

A Prayer for Children. 

[O Almighty God, who, out of the mouths 


MONDAY EVENING. 


29 


of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, 
and madest infants to glorify thee by their 
deaths; look down from heaven, with the eyes 
of mercy, upon our dear children, and so 
strengthen them by thy grace, that by the in- 
nocency of their lives and constancy of their 
faith, even unto death, they may glorify thy 
holy name. Grant that they may remember 
thee their Creator in the days of their youth, 
and believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, whom thou 
hast sent into the world to redeem them from 
sin and eternal death. Make them, we beseech 
thee, O Lord, modest and humble, sober- 
minded and devout. Deliver them from all in¬ 
ordinate and sinful affections, mortify and kill 
all vices in them, and visit them with thy sal¬ 
vation ; that while it shall be thy good pleasure 
to prolong their days here on earth, they may 
live to thee, by serving thee faithfully and doing 
good in their generation: and when thou shalt 
see fit to take them hence, receive them into 
those heavenly habitations where the souls of 
those who sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy per¬ 
petual rest and felicity. Grant this for thy 
mercies’ sake, in the same thy Son our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen.\ 

O Almighty God, who hast built thy 

Church upon the foundation of the prophets 

3 * 


30 


MONDAY EVENING. 


and apostles, Jesus Christ himself being the 
head corner stone, grant us so to be joined to¬ 
gether in unity of spirit, by their doctrine, that 
we may be made a holy temple, acceptable in 
thy sight. Illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and 
Deacons, with true knowledge and understand¬ 
ing of thy word ; that both by their preaching 
and living, they may set it forth, and show it 
accordingly. And to all thy people give thy 
heavenly grace, that with meek heart and due 
reverence, they may hear and receive the same, 
and truly serve thee in holiness and righteous¬ 
ness all their days. Grant this, O Father, for 
Jesus Christ’s sake, our only Mediator and Ad¬ 
vocate. Amen . 

O Lord our Heavenly Father, by whose 
almighty power we have been created and pre¬ 
served, and by whose infinite mercy we have 
been called to the knowledge of our Saviour^ 
and redeemed from sin and eternal death ; for 
these unspeakable benefits, and the daily 
bounties of thy Providence, we give thee con¬ 
tinual thanks, submitting ourselves wholly to 
thy will and pleasure, and studying to serve 
thee in true holiness and righteousness all our 
days. Unto thy gracious protection, O God, 
we commit ourselves, and all who are near and 
4 *ear to us, both this night and ever. Let no 


MONDAY EVENING. 


31 


alarming casualty, nor any act of wickedness 
and violence come near to hurt us. Let no 
disquieting thoughts disturb our repose. But 
grant that we may enjoy such refreshing sleep 
as may fit us for the duties of the following day. 
And when we rise, may we be duly sensible of 
thy merciful Providence toward us, and ever 
express our thankfulness by a holy trust in thee, 
and obedience to thy laws, through Jesus 
our Lord. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


32 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


iHornmg. 

Let the words of my mouth, and the medi¬ 
tation of my heart, be alway acceptable in thy 
sight, 

O Lord , my strength and my Redeemer . 

O Lord, my God, great are the wondrous 
works which thou hast done. 

If I should declare them y and speak of 
them , they shoidd he more than I am able to 
express . 

O Lord, my God, I cried unto thee, and 
thou hast healed me. 

Thou , Lord , hast brought my soul out 
of hell j thou hast kept my life from them 
that go down into the pit . 

Thou hast been my defence and refuge in 
the day of my trouble. 

Sing praises unto the Lord , O ye saints 
of his 5 and give thanks unto him for a re¬ 
membrance of his holiness . 

For his wrath endureth but the twinkling 
of an eye, and in his pleasure is life; heaviness 
may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the 
morning. 

I will always give thanks unto thee for 
that thou hast done j and I will hope in thy 
name , for thy saints like it well . 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


33 


The Lord is my strength and my song ; 
and is become my salvation. 

The voice of joy and health is in the 
dwellings of the righteous ; the right hand 
of the Lord hringeth mighty things to 
pass. 

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed } 
1 will sing and give praise. 

Awake up , my glory, awake , lute and 
harp : 1 myself will awake right early. 

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among 
the people ; and I will sing unto thee among 
the nations. 

For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth 
unto the heavens , and thy truth unto the 
clouds . 

Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens, 
and thy glory above all the earth. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was hi the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, save thy people and bless thine 
heritage: 

Govern them and lift them up forever. 


34 TUESDAY MORNING. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day 
without sin. 

O Lord , let thy mercy he upon us , as our 
trust is in thee . 

O Most blessed and glorious Lord God, 
who art of infinite goodness, and mercy, we 
thy unworthy servants, whom thou hast made 
and preserved, holding our souls in life, and 
rescuing us from innumerable dangers and 
troubles, humbly present ourselves before thy 
Divine Majesty, to offer unto thee the sacri¬ 
fice of praise and thanksgiving. We bless 
thee for protecting us through the past night, 
and renewing thy mercies to us every morn¬ 
ing. We bless thee for keeping us in health, 
and continuing to us all our comforts and en¬ 
joyments. And grant that in the bounties 
bestowed upon us by thy gracious providence 
we may not wholly seek our own indulgence $ 
but also use the same to thy glory and the 
relief of those that are needy, for his sake 
who went about doing good, thy Son our Sa¬ 
viour Jesus Christ. Amen . 

O Lord, by whose holy inspiration we 
think those things that are good, and by whose 
merciful guiding we perform the same, grant 
us grace to forsake all covetous desires and in- 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


35 


ordinate love of riches, and to mortify all our 
evil and corrupt affections, that being neither 
hindered by our carnal views, nor our sinful 
passions, from obeying thy godly motions, we 
may always serve thee in pureness of living and 
truth, through the merits of thy Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O Almighty God, whom truly to know is 
everlasting life, grant us so perfectly to know 
thy Son Jesus Christ, to be the way, the truth, 
and the life, that being established in the belief 
of his Gospel, walking diligently in his com¬ 
mandments, and following the steps of his most 
blessed life, we may finally be brought unto the 
glory of his resurrection, and be exalted unto 
a place in those heavenly mansions which he 
hath gone to prepare for us through the same 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O Lord, who never failest to help and go¬ 
vern those whom thou dost bring up in thy 
steadfast fear and love, keep us, we beseech 
thee, under the protection of thy good Provi¬ 
dence, and make us to have a perpetual fear 
and love of thy holy name. Defend us this 
day with thy mighty power, and grant that we 
fail into no sin, neither run into any kind of 
danger. Mercifully look upon us with thy fa- 


36 


TUESDAY MORNING, 


vour, and fill us with all spiritual benediction 
and grace, that walking before thee in holiness 
and righteousness, and living with each other 
in quietness and sobriety, love and peace, in 
this life, we may, in the world to come, have 
life everlasting? through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


3 1 


QluesiJan *£d citing. 

From the 51»t Psalm. 

Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy 
great goodness; according to the multitude 
of thy mercies do away mine offences. 

Wash me thoroughly from my wicked* 
ness , and cleanse me from my sin . 

For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin 
is ever before me. 

Against thee only have / sinned , and 
done this evil in thy sight , that thou mightest 
be justified in thy saying , and clear when 
thou art judged . 

Behold I was shapen in wickedness, and 
in sin hath my mother conceived me. 

But lo , thou requirest truth in the inward 
parts , and shalt make me to understand wis¬ 
dom secretly . 

Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I 
shall be clean; thou shalt wash me, and I shall 
be whiter than snow. 

Thou shalt make me hear of joy and glad¬ 
ness , that the bones which thou hast broken 
may rejoice . 

Turn thy lace from my sins, and put out 
all my misdeeds. 


38 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


Make me a clean heart , O God , and re¬ 
new a right spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from thy presence, and 
take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 

O give me the comfort of thy help again , 
and stablish me with thy free spirit. 

Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wick¬ 
ed, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God , 
thou that art the God of my health ; and my 
tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. 

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, and my 
mouth shall show thy praise. 

For thou desirest no sacrifice , else would 
I give it thee $ but thou delightest not in 
burnt-offerings. 

The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a 
broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou 
not despise. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, deal not with us according to our 
sins: 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


39 


Neither reward us after our iniquities . 

O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us: 

As we do put our trust in thee . 

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who 
of thy great mercy hast promised forgiveness 
of sins to all those who truly repent and un- 
feignedly believe thy holy Gospel, have mercy 
upon us, most merciful Father, and, for the 
glory of thy name, turn from us all those evils 
which we most justly have deserved. Grant 
unto us pardon and peace, that we may be 
cleansed from ail our sins, and serve thee with 
a quiet mind, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 

Almighty and merciful God, of whose only 
gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto 
thee true and laudable service ; grant, we be¬ 
seech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee 
in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy 
heavenly promises. And in order that we may 
more seriously apply our hearts unto wisdom, 
teach us, O Lord, from the daily spectacles of 
mortality around us, to see how frail and un¬ 
certain our own condition is. Grant that nei¬ 
ther the splendour of any thing that is great nor 
the conceit of any thing that is good in us may 
withdraw our eyes from looking upon ourselves 


40 TUESDAY EVENING. 

as sinful dust and ashes; but that we may press 
forward to the prize of the high calling that is 
before us, with faith and patience, humility and 
meekness, mortification and self-denial, charity 
and constant perseverance to the end; so that 
when we shall have served thee in our genera¬ 
tion, we may be gathered unto our fathers, 
having the testimony of a good conscience, in 
the communion of the Catholic Church, in the 
confidence of a certain faith, in the comfort of 
a reasonable, religious, and holy hope, in fa¬ 
vour with thee, our God, and in perfect charity 
with the world ; all which we ask, through Je¬ 
sus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy 
Church and household continually in thy true 
religion, that they who do lean only upon the 
hope of thy heavenly grace, may evermore be 
defended by thy mighty power. Give thy bless¬ 
ing to the ministering servants of the sanctuary, 
and so replenish them with the truth of thy 
doctrine and endue them with innocency of 
life, that they may faithfully serve before thee, 
to the glory of thy great name, and the be¬ 
nefit of thy holy Church. Heal the divisions 
among those who name the name of Christ, 
and put an end to all heresies and schisms. 
And grant that all who are in error and un- 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


41 


belief may be brought home to thy flock, 
and saved among the remnant of the true 
Israelites, and be made one fold under one Shep¬ 
herd, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

Almighty God, who hast safely brought 
us to the close of another day, we give thee 
humble and hearty thanks for this repeated 
mercy of thy Providence, and for ail the bless¬ 
ings of this life $ but above all, for thine inesti¬ 
mable love in the redemption of the world by 
our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, 
and for the hope of glory. Continue, we be¬ 
seech thee, thy goodness and loving-kindness to 
us. And since we are not able of ourselves to 
help ourselves, defend us, O Lord, this night 
from all adversities which may happen to the 
body, and from all evil thoughts which may as¬ 
sault and hurt the soul, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


4# 


42 


WEDNESDAY MORNING. 


toeftnesbag Jtlorninj. 

From the 103d Psalm. 

Praise the Lord, O my soul; and all that 
is within me praise his holy name. 

Praise the Lord , O my soul $ and forget 
not all his benefits j 

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all 
thine infirmities , 

Who saveth thy life from destruction , 
and crowneth thee with mercy and loving¬ 
kindness $ 

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, 
long-suffering, and of great goodness. 

He will not alway be chiding neither 
keepeth he his anger forever. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor 
rewarded us according to our wickednesses. 

For look how high the heaven is in com¬ 
parison of the earth ; so great is his mercy 
also toward them that fear him ! 

Look how wide also the east is from the 
west $ so far hath he set our sins from us! 

Yea, like as a father pitieth his own chil¬ 
dren i even so is the Lord merciful unto 
them that fear him . 

For he knoweth whereof we are made; he 
remembereth that we are but dust. 


WEDNESDAY MORNING. 43 

The days of man are hut as grass : for 
he flourisheth as a flo wer of the field. 

For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is 
gone, and the place thereof shall know it no 
more. 

But the merciful goodness of the Lord 
endureth for ever and ever upon them that 
fear him j and his righteousness upon chil¬ 
dren's children; 

Even upon such as keep his covenant, and 
think upon his commandments, to do them. 

The Lord hath prepared his seat in hea- 
ven, and his kingdom ruleth over all . 

O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that 
excel in strength ; ye that fulfil his command¬ 
ments, and hearken unto the voice of his words. 

O praise the Lord , all ye his hosts: ye 
servants of his that do his pleasure . 

O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of 
his, in all places of his dominion: Praise thou 
the Lord, O my soul. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost . 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 


44 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

Ponder my words, O Lord. Consider my 
meditation. 

O hearken unto the voice of my calling , 
my King and my God. 

Early in the morning will I direct my prayer 
unto thee and look up: 

And I will praise thy name and be telling 
of thy salvation from day to day. 

O God, who art the giver of life, of health, 
and of safety, we bless thy name that thou hast 
been pleased to preserve us to another day. 
Gracious art thou, O Lord, and full of com¬ 
passion to the children of men. May our 
hearts be duly impressed with a sense of thy 
merciful goodness towards us in the innumera¬ 
ble blessings of this life, and of thine inestima¬ 
ble love in the redemption of the world by the 
death and passion of our Saviour Christ; and 
may we devote the residue of our days to an 
humble, holy, and obedient walking before 
thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O God, forasmuch as without thee we are 
not able to please thee, mercifully grant that 
thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and 
rule our hearts, that we may both perceive and 
know what we ought to do, and also may have 
grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same. 
Fill our memory with the words of thy law, 



WEDNESDAY MORNING. 


45 


enlighten our understanding with the illumina¬ 
tion of the Holy Ghost, and may all our wishes 
and desires be entirely conformed to thy bless¬ 
ed will$ that so we may walk in the ways of 
truth and peace, and at last be numbered with 
thy saints in glory everlasting, through the 
merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 
Amen. 

O God, who knowest us to be set in the 
midst of so many and great dangers, that by 
reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot 
always stand upright, grant to us such strength 
and protection as may support us in all dangers, 
and carry us through all temptations. We 
lean only on the hope of thy heavenly grace. 
We put our whole trust and confidence in thy 
mercy. Favourably then hear the prayers of 
thy servants, and evermore defend us by thy 
mighty power, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

Almighty God, who hast given thine only 
Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and 
also an ensample of godly life, give us grace 
that we may always most thankfully receive 
that his inestimable benefit, and also daily en¬ 
deavour to follow the blessed steps of his most 
holy life. Mercifully grant that we may imitate 


46 


WEDNESDAY MORNING. 


the example of his courage and constancy, his 
lowliness and humility, his meekness and pa¬ 
tience, and great charity, and also be made like 
unto him in his eternal and glorious kingdom, 
where, with thee, O Father, and thee O Holy 
Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 

H Or the following Litany may be used. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God, the Father of heaven 5 

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind; 

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier and Com¬ 
forter of the faithful 5 

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three 
persons and one God 5 

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the 
offences of our forefathers: neither take thou 
vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, 
spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed 
with thy most precious blood, and be not angr} 
with us forever \ 

Spare us , good Lord. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING. 47 

From all adversities that may happen to the 
body, and all temptations that may assault and 
hurt the soul; 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

From noisome and infectious diseases, and 
from sudden and unexpected death; 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

From all occasions of sin, from all disor¬ 
dered appetites and passions, from all worldly 
vanities and delights, from all the deceits of 
the devil and the flesh, from thy wrath and 
everlasting damnation; 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O 
Lord God, and that it may please thee to bring 
all schismatics, heretics and infidels into the 
way of truth, and unite them in the bond of 
faith and love, into thy holy Catholic and 
Apostolic Church; 

We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord. 

That it may please thee, O Lord, to defend 
and preserve the Bishop of this Diocese; give 
him long life and make him blessed on earth, 
and deliver him not into the will of his enemies; 
send him help, O Lord, from thy sanctuary, 
and out of Sion protect him; 

We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord. 

That it may please thee to give us grace to 
worship thee in spirit and in truth, to keep us 


48 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

in thy faith, fear and love, to put our whole 
trust and confidence in thy mercy, and ever¬ 
more seek thy honour and glory ; 

We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord. 

That it may please thee to endue our souls 
with grace, wisdom, and understanding, that we 
may reverently hear and receive thy holy word, 
and diligently live after thy commandments ; 

We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord. 

That it may please thee to be our defender 
and keeper, and to give us the victory over the 
world, the flesh, and the devil ; 

We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord. 

That it may please thee to lift up our minds 
to heavenly desires, and to strengthen and pre¬ 
serve us in thy holy service to the end of our 
days; 

We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord. 

That it may please thee to give us (as) at 
all times* (so now especially) due preparation 
of mind to be made meet partakers of thy holy 
sacrament. 

We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord. 

That it may please thee to forgive our 
enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to 
reward with temporal blessings and eternal fe¬ 
licity, all our benefactors and friends; 

We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord. 

* To be used on a Communion Day. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING. 49 

That it may please thee to give us true re¬ 
pentance and full remission of our sins, that 
we may hate the ways of iniquity and over¬ 
come all temptations, that we may enjoy true 
peace while we remain on earth, and endless 
felicity in thy heavenly kingdom \ 

We beseech tliee to hear us , good Lord. 

That we may fervently love thee, and de¬ 
voutly serve thee in meekness and humility, in 
kindness and charity, in chastity and purity, in 
fasting and prayer; 

We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord. 

That we may cheerfully and constantly 
suffer in all things for Christ’s sake, which 
either through the malice of men or thy wise 
providence may befall us, knowing that if we 
suffer with him here, we shall reign with him 
in glory; 

We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord. 

Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 

Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 

O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
of the world, 

Grant us thy peace. 

O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
of the world, 

Have mercy upon us. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 

5 


50 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 


itfrlmrstrag (Ewning. 

Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the 
Most High, shall abide under the shadow of 
the Almighty, 

I will say unto the Lord , Thou art my 
hope and my strong hold , my God , in him 
will I trust 

For he shall deliver thee from the snare of 
the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence. 

He shall defend thee under his wings y 
and thou shall he safe under his feathers : 
his faithfulness and truth shall he thy shield 
and buckler. 

Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by 
night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 

For the pestilence that walketh in dark¬ 
ness , nor for the sickness that destroyeth in 
the noonday. 

A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten 
thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not 
come nigh thee. 

YeO) with thine eyes shalt thou behold , 
and see the reward of the ungodly . 

For thou, Lord, art my hope; thou hast 
set thine house of defence very high. 

There shall no evil happen unto thee , nei¬ 
ther shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 


51 


For he shall give his angels charge over 
thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 

Behold , the eye of the hard is upon them 
that fear him , and upon them that put their 
trust in his mercy: 

To deliver their souls from death, and to 
feed them in the time of dearth. 

Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob 
for his help ; and whose hope is in the Lord 
his God. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, be gracious unto thy servants and 
give us peace. 

Hear our prayers , and forsake us not in 
time of trouble. 

Remember us, O Lord, according to the 
favour that thou bearest unto thy people. 

O visit us with thy salvation , that we may 
see the felicity of thy chosen. 

O most mighty God, and merciful Father, 
who hast compassion upon all men, and hatest 


52 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 


nothing that thou hast made; who wouldest 
not the death of a sinner, but rather that he 
should turn from his sin and be saved ; merci¬ 
fully forgive us our trespasses ; receive and 
comfort us, who are grieved and wearied with 
the burden of our sins. Thy property is al¬ 
ways to have mercy ; to thee only it appertain¬ 
ed! to forgive sins ; spare us, therefore, good 
Lord, spare thy people whom thou hast redeem¬ 
ed : enter not into judgment with thy servants, 
who meekly acknowledge our vileness, • and 
truly repent us of our faults ; and so make haste 
to help us in this world, that we may ever live 
with thee in the world to come, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O Lord, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, 
and come among us, and with great might 
succour us; that whereas, through our sins 
and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered 
in running the race that is set before us, thy 
bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help 
and deliver us. Heal, O Lord, the diseases of 
our souls; mortify all our worldly and carnal 
desires, and so order our unruly wills and af¬ 
fections, that our flesh being subdued to the 
Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in 
righteousness and true holiness, to thy honour 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 


53 


and glory, who livest and reignest with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world 
without end. Amen . 

O Lord God of our salvation, who hast 
been exceedingly gracious unto this land $ con¬ 
tinue thy favor and protection to us. Let truth 
and justice, brotherly kindness and charity, 
concord and unity, with all other virtues, so 
flourish among us, that they may be the sta¬ 
bility of our times, and make this nation a 
praise in the earth. And so direct and dispose 
the hearts of our rulers, that they, knowing 
whose ministers they are, may above all things 
seek thy honour and glory, and that we, duly 
considering whose authority they have, may 
faithfully serve, honour and obey them in thee, 
and for thee, according to thy blessed word 
and ordinance, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 

Almighty God and Heavenly Father, we 
give thee humble and hearty thanks for all the 
benefits and blessings both spiritual and tempo¬ 
ral which, in the riches of thy great mercy, thou 
hast bountifully poured down upon us. Let us 
not live but to praise and magnify thy glorious 
name. In all that we have received, and in all 
that we have enjoyed, not our merit, but thy 


54 WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

mercy, not our foresight, but thy providence 
must alone be acknowledged and praised. Of 
th'ne own good pleasure, O Lord, thou hast 
bestowed on us the gift of life, made us but 
little lower than the angels, and crowned us 
with glory and honour. As thou didst create 
us by thy power, thou hast graciously also 
preserved us by thy providence. In the 
weakness of childhood, thy mercy hath lent 
an ear to our complaints and cries $ in the 
thoughtlessness of youth, thy arm hath directed 
our heedless steps 5 in dangers, thy watchful 
care hath protected us from evil 5 and in temp¬ 
tations and snares, thy grace hath delivered us 
from sin and death. For this thine infinite 
goodness, undeservedly vouchsafed to us, and 
more especially for thine inestimable love, in 
the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus 
Christ, we do most heartily and devoutly adore 
thy name. And we most humbly beseech thee 
to continue thy grace and favour towards us, 
and so govern our thoughts, words, and deeds, 
as that they may tend to thy honour and glory, 
the good of thy Church, and the salvation of 
our own souls, through Jesus Christ, our Ad¬ 
vocate and Redeemer. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


THURSDAY MORNING. 


55 


®l)ursirag Jttornmg. 

I will magnify, thee, O God, my King; I 
will praise thy name for ever and ever. 

Every day will I give thanks unto thee , 
and praise thy name for ever and ever. 

Great is the Lord, and marvellous, worthy 
to be praised ; there is no end of his greatness. 

The Toed is gracious and merciful: long- 
sufferings and of great goodness. 

The Lord is loving unto every man, and 
his mercy is over all his works. 

All thy works praise thee , O Lord , and 
tJiy saints give thanks unto thee . 

They show the glory of thy kingdom, and 
talk of thy power : 

That thy powers thy glory , and mightiness 
of thy kingdoms might he known unto men . 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 
and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages. 

The Lord upholdeth all such as falls am ' 
lifteth up all those that are down. 

The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord ; 
and thou givest t hem their meat in due season. 

Thou openest thine hand, and fillest all 
things living with plenteousness. 

The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and 
holy in all his works. 


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THURSDAY MORNING. 


The Lord is nigh unto all them that call 
upon him; yea , all such as call upon him 
faithfully . 

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear 
him 5 he also will hear their cry, and will help 
them. 

The Lord preserveth all them that love 
him; but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. 

My mouth shall speak the praise of the 
Lord: and let all flesh give thanks unto his 
holy name for ever and ever. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son^ 
and to the Holy Ghost 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O merciful Lord, hear us when we pray for 
ourselves: 

Hear us when wc pray for others. 

Remember thy Congregation that thou 
hast possessed from the beginning : 

Defend , and govern , and increase it for 
ever. 

Give to thy priests the spirit of knowledge: 

The spirit of holiness , and zeal y and wis¬ 
dom. 


THURSDAY MORNING. 


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Give to thy people the spirit of docility: 

The spirit of obedience , devotion , and 
charity . 

Reveal thyself, O Lord, to those who never 
knew thee: 

And bring home those who have gone 
astray . # 

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who 
hast created us by thy power, preserved us by 
thy mercy, and of thine infinite love and good¬ 
ness towards us hast given to us thine only and 
most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ to be 
our Redeemer, and the Author of everlasting 
life 5 we render unto thee most hearty thanks 
for these great and inestimable benefits, and 
for the daily and multiplied instances of thy 
loving kindness to us. We beseech thee to 
give us such a lively sense of what thou hast 
done for us, that we may not grow secure and 
careless in our obedience, by presuming upon 
thy great and undeserved goodness, but that it 
may lead us to unfeigned repentance, and 
move us to be the more diligent and zealous in 
all the duties of our religion, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O God, the strength of all those who put 
their trust in thee, mercifully accept our pray- 


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THURSDAY MORNING. 


ers; and because, through the weakness of our 
mortal nature, we can do no good thing with¬ 
out thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that 
in keeping thy commandments we may please 
thee, both in will and deed. Help us to with¬ 
stand the temptations of the world, the flesh, 
and the devil, and with pure heart and mind to 
follow thee, the only God. Graft in our hearts 
the love of thy name, increase in us true reli¬ 
gion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy 
great mercy keep us in the same, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

And seeing that we have passed the night 
in rest and quietness, grant, O Heavenly Fa¬ 
ther, that we may devote this day, and every 
other which thou shalt yet allow us, wholly to 
thy service, so that all our thoughts, words, 
and deeds, may redound to the glory of thy 
great name. Let thy mighty hand and out¬ 
stretched arm be still our defence, thy mercy 
and loving kindness in Jesus Christ our salva¬ 
tion, thy grace and Holy Spirit our support and 
consolation while we remain on earth, and final¬ 
ly bring us to those unspeakable joys which thou 
hast prepared for those who unfeignedly love 
thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


59 


Sljursirag dFfljening. 

From the 139th Psalm. 

O Lord, thou hast searched me out, and 
known me; thou knowest my down sitting 
and mine up rising: thou understande$t my 
thoughts long before. 

Thou art about my path , and about my 
bed $ and spiest out all my ways . 

For lo, there is not a word in my tongue, 
but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether. 

Thou hast fashioned me behind and be¬ 
fore , and laid thine hand upon me. 

Such knowledge is too wonderful and ex¬ 
cellent for me ; I cannot attain unto it. 

Whither shall I go then from thy 
Spirit , or whither shall I go then from thy 
presence ? 

If I climb up into heaven thou art there ; 
if I go down to hell, thou art there also. 

If I take the wings of the morning , and 
remain in the uttermost parts of the sea 5 

Even there also shall thy hand lead me, 
and thy right hand shall hold me. 

If I say , per adventure the darkness shall 
cover me j then shall my night be turned to 
day. 

Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee 


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but the night is as clear as the day; the dark¬ 
ness and light to thee are both alike. 

For my reins are thine; thou hast cover¬ 
ed me in my mother’s womb, 

I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fear¬ 
fully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy 
works, and that my soul knoweth right well. 

Mow dear are thy counsels unto me , O 
God ; O how great is the sum of them! 

If I tell them, they are more in number 
than the sand 5 when I wake up, I am present 
with thee. 

Try me , O God , and seek the ground 
of my heart; prove me, and examine my 
thoughts. 

Look well if there be any way of wicked¬ 
ness in me \ and lead me in the way everlasting. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost, 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father who art in Heaven, etc. 

Let Israel hope in the Lord, for with the 
Lord there is mercy and plenteous redemption: 

And he shall deliver Israel from all his 
sins. 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


61 


Give pardon and peace to thy servants, O 
Lord, in this world: 

And eternal rest in thy heavenly king¬ 
dom. 

Preserve, we beseech thee, our Rulers, and 
guide thou their counsels: 

And bless all the people of this nation. 

Crown us* with health, and peace and 
plenty : 

And make us use them with thankful- 
ness , sobriety and charity. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest 
nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive 
the sins of all those who are penitent $ create 
and make in us new and contrite hearts, that 
we, worthily lamenting our sins, and acknow¬ 
ledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, 
the God of all mercy, perfect remission and for¬ 
giveness. Stir up in us such fervent love to 
thee, as may enable us to redeem the time 
which we have hitherto mispent, that our praises 
may be joined with those, which thy saints and 
holy angels shall eternally sing to the honour 
of thy mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

O God, from whom all holy desires, all 
good counsels, and all just works do proceed, 


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THURSDAY EVENING. 


give unto tliy servants that peace which the 
world cannot give, that our hearts may be set 
to obey thy commandments, and also that, by 
thee we being defended from the fear of our 
enemies, may pass our time in rest and quiet¬ 
ness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Grant, O Lord, that in all our temptations 
and trials here upon earth, and in all our suf¬ 
ferings for the testimony of thy truth, we may 
steadfastly look up to heaven, and by faith be¬ 
hold the glory that shall be revealed, that our 
heart and mind continually ascending whither 
our Saviour Christ has gone before, we may 
finally be exalted in triumph unto the same 
place, to dwell with him in unspeakable joy for 
ever and ever. Hear us, for the merits and 
intercession of thy Son Jesus Christ, who stand- 
eth at thy right hand, to succour all those who 
suffer for thee. Amen. 

Almighty God, who rulest over all the 
kingdoms and nations of the world, and dis- 
posest of them according to thy good pleasure, 
most heartily we beseech thee, with thy favour 
to behold and bless thy servant the President 
of the United States and all others in authority 
over us. Let thy wisdom be their guide, and 
let thine arm strengthen them; let justice, 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


63 


truth, and holiness, let peace, and love, and all 
those virtues that adorn the Christian profession, 
flourish in their days. Direct all their counsels 
and endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare 
of the people whom they govern; and give us 
grace to obey them cheerfully and willingly 
for conscience sake, that neither our sinful pas¬ 
sions, nor our private interests may disappoint 
their cares for the public good. Let them al¬ 
ways possess the hearts of the people, that they 
may never be wanting in honor to their persons 
and dutiful submission to their authority. Grant 
them in health and prosperity long to live, and 
crown them with immortality in the life to 
come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O Heavenly Father, by whose great 
mercy we have been kept through another day 
in health and safety, and blessed with our 
usual comforts and enjoyments, we praise and 
magnify thy glorious name. And we humbly 
pray that the devout sense of this thy repeated 
mercy may renew and increase in us a spirit 
of love and thankfulness to thee, its only Author. 
Continue thy goodness and loving kindness to 
us, and make thy spiritual blessings more abun¬ 
dant than thy temporal, that we obeying thy 
will, and alway living in safety under thy pro¬ 
tection, may abide in thy love and favour unto 


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THURSDAY EVENING. 


our lives’ end, and after death obtain everlast¬ 
ing glory, in the kingdom of heaven, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


65 


jFrftat) Morning. 

The heavens declare the glory of God; and 
the firmament showeth his handy work. 

One day telleth another , and one night 
certifieth another. 

There is neither speech nor language; but 
their voices are heard among them. 

Their sound is gone out into all lands , 
and their words into the ends of the world. 

In them hath he set a tabernacle for the 
sun $ which cometh forth as a bridegroom out 
of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run 
his course. 

It goeth forth from the uttermost part of 
the heaven , and runneth about unto the end 
of it again , and there is nothing hid from 
the heat thereof 

Thou makest the outgoings of the morning 
and evening to praise thee. 

Thou visitest the earth and blessest it; 
thou makest it very plenteous. 

Thou sendest rain into the little valleys 
thereof; thou makest it soft with the drops of 
rain, and blessest the increase of it. 

Thou crownest the year with thy good¬ 
ness ; and thy clouds drop fatness. 

They shall drop upon the dwellings of the 
6 * 


66 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


wilderness $ and the little hills shall rejoice on 

every side. 

The folds shall he full of sheep 5 the val¬ 
leys also shall stand so thick with corn , that 
they shall laugh and sing. 

O Lord, how manifold are thy works 5 in 
wisdom hast thou made them all. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost j 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, save thy servants : 

Who put their trust in thee. 

O God, save thy people: 

And make thy heritage joyful. 

Deliver them from all their iniquities: 

And help them for the glory of thy name. 

Let Satan have no advantage of them: 

Nor the wicked approach to hurt them. 

Most gracious God, the Author and Giver 
of all good things, we yield thee unfeigned 
thanks and praise for thy great and manifold 
mercies to us. We bless thee for our creation, 
preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


67 


but, above all, for thine inestimable love in the 
redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus 
Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope 
of glory. In the days of childhood and youth, 
in the midst of weakness, blindness, and dan¬ 
ger, thou hast protected us 5 amidst afflictions 
of mind and body, [and estate,] thou hast sup¬ 
ported us, and amidst vanity and wickedness, 
thou hast spared us. Grant us so to acknow¬ 
ledge thy goodness, and so to remember thy 
gifts, that every day which thou shalt yet al¬ 
low us, may be employed in the amendment of 
our lives, and in the diligent discharge of all 
our duties, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

O Lord, from whom all good things do 
come, grant to us, thy humble servants, that by 
thy holy inspiration we may think those things 
that are good, and by thy merciful guiding may 
perform the same. Give us grace to mortify 
all worldly and carnal lusts, to cast away the 
works of darkness, and to walk before thee in 
pureness of living and truth. And because the 
frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep 
us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and 
lead us to all things profitable to our salvation. 
Stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty to 
be our defence, against all our enemies, that 


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FRIDAY MORNING. 


by thy great goodness we may be preserved 
evermore, both in body and soul, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O blessed Jesus, our most gracious Lord 
and Saviour, who hast so loved the world that 
thou gavest thyself to redeem it, and humbly 
tookest upon thee our low nature, that thou 
mightest suffer in it as man for the sins of men, 
familiarly teach us the truth of our salvation, 
and draw us after thee into thine own blessed 
kingdom by thy holy life, and precious death, 
and glorious resurrection $ grant, we beseech 
thee, that we may devoutly and thankfully me¬ 
ditate on these thine infinite mercies, and do 
thou so fill our souls with the memory of this 
wonderful love, as that we may live in thy 
obedience, die in thy favour, and rise again to 
rejoice with thee for ever in thy glory, who, 
with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever 
livest and reignest one God, world without 
end. Amen . 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


69 


IT Or the following Litany may be used. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ; 

Have mercy upon us, 

O God the Son, the only begotten of the 
Father $ 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God, the Holy Ghost, proceeding from 
the Father and the Son 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

O sacred Trinity, three persons and one 
God j 

Have mercy upon us. 

O eternal Son of God, the brightness of thy 
Father’s glory, and the express image of his 
person, God blessed for ever : 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Jesus, Redeemer of the world, who to save 
sinful men madest thyself of no reputation, and 
didst humble thyself to be born of a virgin ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O compassionate Saviour, who to deliver 
us from the wrath to come, wast pleased to 
manifest thyself in the flesh, and to be all thy 
life long a man of sorrows and acquainted 
with grief; 

Have mercy upon us. 


70 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


Thou who wast wounded for our transgres¬ 
sions, and bruised for our iniquities, smitten and 
afflicted, rejected and despised, and who at last 
pouredst out thy soul unto death for us upon 
the cross \ 

Have mercy upon us. 

Thou who hast redeemed us with thy most 
precious blood, who hast taken away the sins 
of the world, who hast abolished and overcome 
death, and destroyed him that had the power 
of it 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

From insensibility to thine infinite love for 
us miserable sinners; 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

From the ingratitude of wilfully offending 
thee; 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

From the misery of being separated from 
thee in time and eternity $ 

Good. Lord , deliver us. 

By thy most bitter sufferings, by thy agony 
and bloody sweat, by thy cross and passion, 
and by all the love thou hast shown to the chil¬ 
dren of men 5 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

By thy glorious resurrection from the dead, 
and thy triumphant ascension into heaven; 

Good Lord , deliver us. 


FRIDAY MORNING. 71 

By thy perpetual intercession for us at the 
right hand of God the Father ; 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

O Jesus, the refuge of sinners, the consola¬ 
tion of the afflicted, the hope of the dying, the 
joy of the blessed 5 

Grant us grace to love thee, 

O Jesus, meek and humble of heart ; 

Make our hearts meek and lowly as thine. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who from the inex¬ 
haustible fountain of thy love, dost draw the 
gifts and graces which thou freely dispensest 
to thy faithful servants, grant that mortifying 
our pride and self-love, we may become true 
imitators of thy meekness and humility, and 
being every day more sensible of thy love in 
making thyself our companion in thy incarna¬ 
tion, our victim in thy death and passion, and 
our strength and refreshment in the comforta¬ 
ble sacrament of thy body and blood, we may 
henceforward return thee, so far as in us lieth, 
love for Jove during our present state, and here¬ 
after in thy blessed presence the fulness of af¬ 
fection, for ever and ever, who with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest, one 
God, world without end. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


72 


FRIDAY EVENING* 


JFribctg (Sterling. 

From the 25th Psalm. 

Unto thee, O Lord, will I lift up my soul ; 
my God I have put my trust in thee; O let 
me not be confounded, neither let mine ene¬ 
mies triumph over me. 

For all they that hope in thee shall not 
he ashamed ,* hut such as transgress without 
a cause , shall he put to confusion. 

Show me thy ways, O Lord, and teach me 
thy paths. 

Lead me forth in thy truth , and learn 
me j for thou art the God of my salvation $ 
in thee hath heen my hope all the day long. 

Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender 
mercies, and thy loving kindnesses, which have 
been ever of old. 

O remember not the sins and offences of 
my youth , hut according to thy mercy think 
thou upon me, O Lord , for thy goodness. 

Gracious and righteous is the Lord, there¬ 
fore will he teach sinners in the way. 

Them that are meek shall he guide in 
judgment j and such as are gentle , them 
shall he learn his way. 

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and 


FRIDAY EVENING, 73 

truth, unto such as keep his covenant and his 
testimonies. 

Psalm 23. 

The Lord is my shepherd 5 therefore can 
I lack nothing . 

He shall feed me in a green pasture, and 
lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. 

He shall convert my soul , and bring me 
forth in the paths of righteousness for his 
name^s sake . 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art 
with me, thy rod and thy staff comfort me. 

Thou shalt prepare a table before me 
against them that trouble me ,* thou hast 
anointed my head with oil , and my cup shall 
be full. 

But thy loving kindness and mercy shall 
follow me all the days of my life, and I will 
dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost . 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father who art in Heaven, etc. 

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FRIDAY EVENING. 


74 


O Father of mercies comfort those that 
mourn and are oppressed with their afflictions: 

Or labor under the burden of a troubled 
mind. 

Relieve the poor who have none to help 
them: 

And defend the cause of the fatherless 
and widow. 

Strengthen those who languish on the bed 
of sickness : 

And those who struggle in the agony of 
death, 

Have mercy upon all the faithful, who go 
hence in thy grace : 

Have mercy upon all the world , convert 
the unconverted , and bring us all to thy 
glory . 

O Lord, hasten thy kingdom : 

And let all the kingdoms of the earth be - 
come thy possession. 

O Lord, we beseech thee favourably hear 
the prayers of thy people, that we who do wor¬ 
thily deserve to be punished for our offences, 
by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be 
relieved. Deal not with us according to our 
sins, neither reward us according to our iniqui¬ 
ties. For thou art a merciful Lord, full of ' 
compassion, long suffering, and of great pity. 


‘ FRIDAY EVENING* 75 

Thou sparest when we deserve punishment, 
and in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy. Spare 
us then, and let us not be brought to confusion. 
Shut not up thy tender mercies in displeasure, 
but lift up thy countenance upon us, and give 
us peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 

O God, who art the author of peace and 
lover of concord, in knowledge of whom stand- 
eth our eternal life, whose service is perfect 
freedom; defend us, thy humble servants, in 
all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely 
trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power 
of any adversaries. And grant to us. Lord, we 
beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always 
such things as are right; that we, who cannot 
do any thing that is good without thee, may by 
thee be enabled to live according to thy will, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O blessed Lord, we commend to thy fa¬ 
therly goodness, all those who are any ways 
afflicted in mind, body or estate. Relieve the 
distressed, comfort the sorrowful, protect the 
innocent, and awaken the guilty. Assist those 
who draw near the time of their dissolution, 
and so fit and prepare them, we beseech thee, 
against the hour of death, that after their de- 


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FRIDAY EVENING. 


parture hence, in peace and in thy favour, their 
souls may be received into thine everlasting 
kingdom. And we bless thy holy name, for all 
thy servants departed this life in thy faith and 
fear, and more especially for those who were 
near and dear to us. We laud and magnify 
thee for thy great goodness, in having given 
them a happy deliverance from the sins and 
sorrows of this miserable world, and we most 
humbly beseech thee, that we may have grace 
to follow their good examples in steadfastness 
of faith and godliness of life, that at the last 
day, we with them, and they with us, may at¬ 
tain to the resurrection of the Just, and hear 
the joyful voice of our Lord, saying unto us, 
Come ye blessed children of my Father, inherit 
the kingdom prepared for you from the founda¬ 
tion of the world $ grant this, O Father, for 
Jesus Christ’s sake, our only Mediator and Ad¬ 
vocate. Amen . 

Almighty and everlasting God, in whose 
hands are life and death, by whose will all 
things were created, and by whose providence 
they are sustained, we return thee thanks that 
thou hast given us life, and that thou hast con¬ 
tinued it to this time ; that thou hast hitherto 
forborne to snatch us away in the midst of sin 
and folly, and permitted us still to enjoy the 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


77 


means of grace, and vouchsafed to call us again 
to repentance. Grant, O merciful Lord, that 
thy call may not be vain, and that our life may 
not be continued to increase our guilt. May 
we remember, O God, that as days and years 
pass over us, we approach nearer to the grave ; 
and grant that we may always live in such a 
state, that we may never be afraid to die ? 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


i 


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SATURDAY MORNING* 


0aturirag Jtlornmj. 

My soul truly waiteth still upon God ; for 
of him cometh my salvation. 

O hold thou up my goings in thy paths y 
that my footsteps slip not . 

The Lord ordereth a good man’s going and 
maketh his way acceptable to himself. 

Though he fall he shall not he cast 
away; for the Lord upholdeth him with 
his hand . 

I have called upon thee, O God, for thou 
shalt hear me ; incline thine ear to me, and 
hearken unto my words. 

Show thy marvellous loving kindness , 
thou that art the Saviour of them which put 
their trust in thee , from such as resist thy 
right hand . 

Keep me as the apple of an eye ; hide me 
under the shadow of thy wings. 

From the ungodly , that trouble me; mine 
enemies compass me round about , to take 
away my soul. 

The Lord shall give strength unto his peo¬ 
ple ; the Lord shall give his people the blessing 
of peace. 

The Lord hath granted his loving kind¬ 
ness in the day-time , and in the night-season 


SATURDAY MORNING. 


79 


did I sing of him , and made my prayer unto 
the God of my life. 

The Lord himself is the portion of mine 
inheritance, and of my cup ; thou shalt main¬ 
tain my lot. 

The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground $ 
yea , I have a goodly heritage. 

I will thank the Lord for giving me warn¬ 
ing ; my reins also chasten me in the night- 

season. 

I have set God always before me ; for he 
is on my right hand , therefore I shall not 
fall. 

Wherefore my heart was glad, and my 
glory rejoiced ; my flesh also shall rest in hope. 

Thou shalt show me the path of life j in 
thy presence is the fulness of joy , and at thy 
right hand there is pleasure for evermore. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end. Amen, 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Unto thee, O Lord, do we lift up our souls : 

In thee is our trust , let us never be con¬ 
founded. 

Send us help from thy sanctuary: 


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SATURDAY MORNING. 


And from thy heavens mighty salvation . 

Show us the light of thy countenance : 

And let thy peace be upon us. 

So shall we praise and magnify thee, O 
Lord: 

And our hearts shall rejoice and sing. 

Almighty God and Heavenly Father, who 
hast breathed into us the breath of life, pro¬ 
tected us in innumerable dangers, and crowned 
us with mercy and loving kindness $ we praise 
and magnify thy holy name for thine unspeak¬ 
able goodness to us. But, above all, we give 
thee most humble and hearty thanks for the re¬ 
demption of the world by the death and pas¬ 
sion of our Saviour Christ, who did humble 
himself even to the death upon the cross for us, 
miserable sinners, that he might make us the 
children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life. 
And we beseech thee to give us such a sense 
of thine inestimable love, as may appear in our 
lives, by an humble, holy, and obedient walking 
before thee all our days, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

Almighty and everlasting God, give unto 
us the increase of faith, that being not, like 
children, carried away with every blast of vain 
doctrine, we may be established in the truth 


SATURDAY MORNING. 81 

of thy holy Gospel. Enliven our hope, and fix 
it steadfastly upon that place where true joys 
are to be found ; and pour into our hearts the 
most excellent gift of charity, that, loving thee 
above all things, and our neighbour as ourselves, 
we may obtain thy promises, which pass man’s 
understanding, and exceed all that we can de¬ 
sire, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O Almighty God, who, in times past didst 
graciously teach the hearts of thy faithful peo¬ 
ple, by sending to them the light of thy Holy 
Spirit j grant us by the same Spirit to have a 
right judgment in all things, and evermore to 
rejoice in his holy comfort. Give us the spirit 
of wisdom and understanding, that we may 
think those things that are good 5 the spirit of 
counsel and ghostly strength, that we may per¬ 
form the same 5 the spirit of thy holy fear, that 
we may serve thee with reverence, and worship 
thee in sincerity and truth. O confirm us by 
thy Spirit, who are weak, bring us hack by the 
same when we go astray, let thy grace prevent 
our falling by its power, and let thy mercy lift 
us up when we are down 5 govern our senses, 
inspire our thoughts, guard our words, direct 
all our actions to thy glory, and keep us always 
safe from both our visible and invisible enemies, 
for the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our 


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SATURDAY MORNING. 


Lord, who, being ascended into the heavens 
left us not comfortless, but according to his 
word sent us the Holy Comforter to abide with 
us for ever: To whom therefore, with thee, 
and our adorable Lord and Saviour, be all 
honour and glory, power, might, and dominion, 
in all the churches of the Saints, and by all the 
choirs of the blessed, from this time forth and 
for evermore. Amen . 

To our prayers, O Lord, we add our 
intercessions for all who are near and dear 
to us $ pour out thy benefits both temporal and 
spiritual, upon all our relations, benefactors, 
and friends $ preserve among us peace, tender¬ 
ness, and love 5 automate us evermore ready 
to rejoice in one another’s good. [More espe¬ 
cially, we pray for thy blessing upon our chil¬ 
dren $ that our sons may be as the young plants 
and our daughters as the polished corners of 
the temple, and that with their age and stature 
they may increase in wisdom and virtue, and 
in favour with God and man.] Behold with 
thy mercy every person belonging to this fa¬ 
mily. Let thy peace rest upon our whole 
house, and the Son of peace ever dwell in it, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


SATURDAY EVENING. 


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Qatmrirag (Stoning. 

Psalm 4. 

Hear me when I call, O God of my right¬ 
eousness : thou hast set me at liberty, when I 
was in trouble , have mercy upon me, and 
hearken unto my prayer. 

O ye sons of men , how long will ye blas¬ 
pheme mine honour , and have such pleasure 
in vanity , and seek after falsehood ? 

Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen 
to himself the man that is godly 5 when I call 
upon the Lord he will hear me. 

Stand in awe , and sin not ; commune with 
your own heart , and in your chamber , and 
be still . 

Oder the sacrifice of righteousness, and 
put your trust in the Lord. 

There he many that say , Who will show 
us any good ? 

Lord, lift thou up the light of thy counte¬ 
nance upon us. 

Thou hast put gladness in my heart,'since 
the time that their corn , and wine , and oil 
increased, 

I will lay me down in peace, and take my 


84 SATURDAY EVENING. 

rest 5 for it is thou, Lord, only, that makest me 
dwell in safety. 

If Or the following. 

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and consider my 
desire; hearken unto me for thy truth and 
righteousness sake. 

And enter not into judgment with thy 
servantfor in thy sight shall no man living 
he justified, 

Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender 
mercies, and thy loving kindnesses, which have 
been ever of old. 

O remember not the sins and offences of 
my youth; hut according to thy mercy think 
thou upon me , O Lord , for thy goodness, 

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the 
glory of thy name : let thy loving kindness and 
thy truth alway preserve me. 

Thou art my Helper and Redeemer$ 
make no long tarrying , O my God, 

I will hearken what the Lord God will say 
concerning me ; for he shall speak peace unto 
his people, and to his saints, that they turn not 
again. 

For his salvation is nigh them that fear 
him ,* that glory may dwell in our land. 

Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy peo¬ 
ple, and covered all their sins. 

Thou hast taken away all thy displea - 


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sure, and turned thyself from thy wrathful 
indignation . 

Mercy and truth are met together $ righte¬ 
ousness and peace have kissed each other. 

I will alway give thanks unto the Lord; 
his praise shall ever he in my mouth . 

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord \ 
the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

O praise the Lord with me , and let us 
magnify his name together > 

I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, 
he delivered me out of all my fear. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Into thy hands, O Lord, we commend our 
spirits: 

For thou hast redeemed us , thou God of 
truth . 

Preserve us, O Lord, as the apple of thine 
eye: 

Under the shadow of thy wings protect us. 

Save us, O Lord, waking, defend us sleep¬ 
ing: 


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SATURDAY EVENING. 


That we may watch with Christ and rest 
in peace . 

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this night 
without sin. 

O Lord , have mercy upon us , as we do 
put our trust in thee . 

O God, whose nature and property is ever 
to have mercy and to forgive, receive our hum¬ 
ble petitions, and though we be tied and bound 
with the chain of our sins, yet through thy 
bountiful goodness loose and deliver us. Turn 
thou us, O good Lord, and so shall we be 
turned. Grant us true repentance ; forgive us 
all our sins, negligences, and ignorances 5 and 
endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to 
amend our lives according to thy holy word, 
that truly serving thee in holiness and righte¬ 
ousness all our days, we may come at last to 
thy eternal joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

O God, who didst appoint the sacred rest 
of the Sabbath as a sign between thee and us, 
of thy mercy in the creation of the world, and 
afterwards didst ^translate it to the first day of 
the week, as a memorial of the resurrection of 
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; prepare our 
hearts so to use these days of rest and of pub- 


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87 


lie worship, that our prayers and praises may 
be acceptable in thy sight. Give us grace to 
serve thee with reverence and godly fear$ af¬ 
fect us with an awful apprehension of thy Di¬ 
vine Majesty, and a deep sense of our unwor¬ 
thiness, that so approaching thy sanctuary with 
lowliness and devotion, and coming before thee 
with clean thoughts and pure hearts, with bo¬ 
dies undefiled, and minds sanctified, we may 
at length be found worthy of a part in thy eter¬ 
nal rest, and in the continual hymns of angels 
and blessed spirits, in the life to come, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen . 

Most merciful Father, we beseech thee to 
send upon the ministering servants of the sanc¬ 
tuary thy heavenly blessing; that they may be 
clothed with righteousness, and that thy word 
spoken by their mouths may have such suc¬ 
cess, that it may never be spoken in vain. 
Grant also that we may have grace to hear and 
receive what they shall deliver out of thy most 
holy word, or agreeably to the same, as the 
means of our salvation \ that in all our words 
and deeds we may seek thy glory, and the in¬ 
crease of thy kingdom, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, who 


88 SATURDAY EVENING. 

hast purchased to thyself an universal Church, 
by the precious blood of thy dear Son, let not 
heresies and false doctrines disturb its peace, 
nor schisms and causeless divisions weaken it. 
Take away ail hatred and prejudice, and what¬ 
soever else may hinder us from godly union 
and concord, that as there is but one body, and 
one spirit, and one hope of our calling, one 
Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and fa¬ 
ther of us all 5 so we may henceforth be all of 
one heart and of one soul, united in one holy 
bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, 
and may with one mind and one mouth glorify 
thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 

Almighty God, by whose will we were 
created, and by whose providence we are sus¬ 
tained, by whose mercy we have been called 
to the knowledge of our Redeemer, and by 
whose grace whatever good we have thought 
or done has been inspired and directed ; grant 
that we may review our past lives with a spirit 
of thankfulness and submission, that in afflic¬ 
tion we may remember how often we have 
been succoured, and in prosperity may know 
and confess from whose hand the blessing is 
received. Enable us to improve the time 
which thou shalt yet allow us, that we may 
daily become purer in thy sight, and, as we 


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89 


draw nearer and nearer to the grave, strength¬ 
en our faith, enliven our hope, increase our 
charity, and perfect our repentance, and so 
help us by thy Holy Spirit, that when it shall 
be thy pleasure to call us hence, we may be 
received to everlasting happiness, for the sake 
of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


8* 


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SUNDAY MORNING. 


• SECOND WEEK. 

fmnhati iHormng. 

Psalm 122. 

I was glad when they said unto me, We 
will go into the house of the Lord. 

Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Je¬ 
rusalem. 

Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity 

in itself. 

For thither the tribes go up, even the 
tribes of the Lord, to testify unto Israel, to 
give thanks unto the name of the Lord. 

For there is the seat of Judgment, even the 
seat of the House of David. 

O pray for the peace of Jerusalem j they 
shall prosper that love thee. 

Peace be within thy walls, and plenteous¬ 
ness within thy palaces. 

For my brethren and companions ) sakes, 
I will wish thee prosperity. 

Yea, because of the house of the Lord our 
God, I will seek to do thee good. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 


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Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

The Lord is in his holy temple: 

Let all the earth keep silence before Him. 

Let the priests of the Lord enter into his 
presence with lowliness and adoration : 

And the people serve him with reverence 
and godly fear. 

Glory be to thee, O Lord, who didst on this 
day create the light, and command it to shine 
upon the face of the deep. But all honor and 
praise be unto thee for that more glorious light 
which shines in upon our minds, from the exam¬ 
ples of patriarchs and the revelations of pro¬ 
phets 5 and for the tender mercy, through which 
the day-spring from on high hath visited us. 

Just, righteous, and fitting it is, to praise 
and to glorify, to worship and adore, to thank 
and to magnify Thee, the Maker of all crea¬ 
tures visible and invisible, the Author and Giver 
of all good, the fountain of life and immortality, 
the Lord and Governor of the universe. 

The heavens, and the heaven of heavens, 
and every power therein, the earth and the sea, 
the heights above and the depths below, declare 
thy glory and show forth thy praise. Jerusa¬ 
lem that is from above, the Church of the first- 




92 SUNDAY MORNING. 

born written in the heavens, the spirits of the 
prophets and of just men made perfect, the 
souls of the apostles and all holy martyrs, an¬ 
gels and archangels, thrones and dominions, 
principalities and powers, cherubim and sera¬ 
phim, with never-ceasing hymns and perpetual 
anthems laud and magnify thy glorious name $ 
evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, Holy, 
Holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are 
full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord, 
Most High. Amen . 

We praise thee, O God, for the gracious 
privilege of being admitted into thy courts, to 
present our persons before thee, and to make 
known our requests 5 to bless thee for thy good¬ 
ness and loving-kindness to us 5 to hear thy 
holy word read and preached for the improve¬ 
ment of our minds and the purification of our 
hearts. Grant that we may offer up our pray¬ 
ers with fervour, and our thanksgivings with 
joy, and listen to thy word with edification and 
comfort. Suffer not the remembrance of our 
troubles or pleasures to distract our minds, nor 
dulness and weariness to seize upon our spirits 5 
but fix our thoughts, our hopes and desires en¬ 
tirely upon heaven and heavenly things. Con¬ 
firm us in our holy purposes of amendment, 
and enable us to bring them to good effect 5 


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that, living in thy faith and fear, we may die 
in thy favour, and pass from the sins and sor¬ 
rows of this present state, to the blissful inherit¬ 
ance of the saints in light, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

O thou Searcher of hearts, be gracious to 
all them, who, through just and necessary hin¬ 
drances, do not pay thee the public homage 
and service of this day. Soften and convert 
the hardened and impenitent who deride thy 
holy religion, and wilfully forbear and refuse 
to pray. Give them a sorrowful sense of this 
evil heart of unbelief, and preserve others from 
the infection of their pestilent examples. En¬ 
lighten the minds of the ignorant ; awaken the 
consciences of those who hold the truth in un¬ 
righteousness, and increase the graces of all 
such as love and fear thee. Let thy word, this 
day to be preached, console the afflicted, and 
support the feeble 5 let it pierce the wicked 
with awe, and the careless with apprehension ; 
and be with us all, O Heavenly Father, by 
thy power to protect us 5 by thy mercy to 
save us ; by thy truth to instruct and comfort 
us; by thy grace to renew and quicken us, 
for ever and ever, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen . 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


94 


SUNDAY EVENING. 


Smtirag (finning. 

Psalm 24. 

The earth is the Lord’s, and all that therein 
is 5 the compass of the world, and they that 
dwell therein. 

For he hath founded it upon the seas , 
and prepared it upon the floods . 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? 
or who shall rise up in his holy place ? 

Even he that hath clean hands and a pure 
heart ,* and that hath not lift up his mind 
unto vanity , nor sworn to deceive his neigh¬ 
bour ,. 

He shall receive the blessing from the 
Lord, and righteousness from the God of his 
salvation. 

This is the generation of them that seek 
him; even of them that seek thy face , O 
Jacob . 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye 
lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of 
glory shall come in. 

Who is the King of glory ? it is the 
Lord strong and mighty , even the Lord 
mighty in battle . 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye 




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95 


lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of 
glory shall come in. 

Who is the King of glory ? even the Lord 
of hosts , he is the King of glory. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , ivorld without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God the Father, Creator of the world $ 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier of the 
faithful; 

Have mercy upon us. 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts $ 

Have mercy upon us. 

Deliver us, O Lord, from all our iniquities: 

And help us for the glory of thy name. 

Vouchsafe us pardon and peace in this 
world: 

And everlasting rest in thy heavenly 
kingdom. 

Most great and glorious Lord God, we 
humble ourselves before thy divine majesty, 


96 


SUNDAY EVENING. 


under a deep sense of our unworthiness, and 
confess, with sorrow and shame, our manifold 
transgressions of thy righteous laws. We have 
sinned in thought, word, and deed, and justly 
provoked thy wrath and indignation against 
us. O Lord, take away all thy displeasure, 
and let thine anger cease from us. Remem¬ 
ber not, we beseech thee, the negligences and 
offences of the past day. Pardon the wander¬ 
ings and disorders of our minds \ the dulness 
and heaviness of our spirits; the coldness of 
our affections, and all the blemishes and im¬ 
perfections in our praises and prayers. Ena¬ 
ble us, we beseech thee, as life is prolonged, 
day by day to correct our errors and amend 
our ways, and conform us more and more to 
the likeness of thy dear Son ; that we may at 
length worship Thee in spirit and in truth, that 
we may love Thee with a filial and devoted af¬ 
fection, and serve Thee with a pure and quiet 
mind, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

Perfect, O God, the good work which 
thou hast begun in us. Send down thy Holy 
Spirit upon us, through the appointed means 
of grace in thy Church, that we may be excited 
to fervour and constancy in our devotions, and 
to a faithful discharge of all the duties of our 
respective stations. And, as we have been 


SUNDAY EVENING. 97 

taught, exhorted, and encouraged out of thy 
holy word, so help us continually to grow in 
grace, and to lead a more holy and blameless 
life. Guide us by thy counsel, and defend us 
by thy power, that we may reach in safety the 
end of our pilgrimage, and enter upon that 
heavenly sabbath, that blessed rest prepared 
for thy children, to sing eternal hymns and 
praises to the glory of thy name 3 who with the 
Son and Holy Ghost, ever livest and reignest 
one God, world without end. Amen. 

O Lord, on whom the eyes of all do wait, 
remember every creature of thine for good, 
and visit the whole world with thy mercy. 

Establish and strengthen in thy truth such 
as do stand 3 comfort the feeble-minded, and 
raise up those who fall. Gather together thy 
dispersed sheep, and bring back all that have 
strayed from thy fold. 

O thou Helper of the helpless, our season¬ 
able refuge in the time of trouble, grant health 
to the sick, and comfort to the sorrowful 3 and 
extend thy mercy to all under neglect, con¬ 
tempt, and want, that so there may be no crea¬ 
ture who doth not feel thy tenderness and com¬ 
passion. 

Be gracious, O Lord, to our friends, and 
merciful to our enemies. Diffuse into all hearts 

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98 


SUNDAY EVENING. 


humanity and mutual charity, and make us all 
meet to be partakers of the inheritance of thy 
saints in light, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 

O Almighty God and most Merciful Fa¬ 
ther, who day after day dost minister to sinful 
man infinite occasions of praising thee, receive 
our humble and hearty thanks for all thy good¬ 
ness and loving kindness to us. We bless thee 
for our birth in a Christian land, and for our 
adoption into that Holy Church, where thy true 
religion is purely taught, and thy sacraments 
rightly and duly administered. We bless thee 
for having given us an early knowledge of thee 
our Creator: for having redeemed us by thy 
Son, and sanctified us by thy Spirit. Thou 
hast been our refuge in tribulation, and our de¬ 
fence in all adversities, delivering us from dan¬ 
gers, infamy, and troubles. When we went 
astray, thou didst reclaim us from our wander¬ 
ings. When we offended thee, thou didst gen¬ 
tly correct us, and patiently wait for our re¬ 
pentance. And when for the grievousness of 
our sins, we were ready to despair, thou didst 
lift up Why countenance upon us and give u, c 
peace. 

And now that it hath pleased thee to add 
another day to our lives, sanctified by the wor- 


SUNDAY EVENING. 


99 


ship of thy courts, and blessed with the com¬ 
forts of health and peace, accept, O God, of 
our unfeigned praises, and crown thy mercies 
by making us every day more thankful for them, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


100 


MONDAY MORNING. 


Jttonircts ftlorning. 

The Lord is good and worthy to be praised, 
there is no end of his greatness. 

He appointeth the moon for certain 
seasons , and the sun knoweth his going 
down. 

Thou makest darkness, that it may be 
night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do 
move. 

The lions , roaring after their prey , do 
seek their meat from God. 

The sun ariseth, and they get them away 
together, and lay them down in their dens. 

Man goeth forth to his work , and to his 
labour , until the evening. 

O Lord, how manifold are thy works 5 in 
wisdom hast thou made them all \ the earth is 
full of thy riches. 

So is the great and wide sea also ,* wherein 
are things creeping innumerable , both small 
and great beasts. 

There go the ships, and there is that Levi¬ 
athan, whom thou hast made to take his pas¬ 
time therein. 

These wait all upon thee , that thou may - 
est give them meat in due season. 

When thou givest it them, they gather it$ 


MONDAY MORNING. 101 

and when thou openest thy hand, they are 
filled with good. 

When thou hidest thy face they are trou¬ 
bled : when thou takest away their breath 
they die and are turned again to their 
dust 

When thou lettest thy breath go forth, they 
shall be made; and thou shalt renew the face 
of the earth. 

The glorious majesty of the Lord shall 
endure for ever j the Lord shall rejoice in 
his works . 

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I 
live; I will praise my God while I have my 
being. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, deal not with us according to our 
sins: 

Neither reward us according to our ini¬ 
quities . 

Be gracious unto thy servants, O Lord: 

And, for the glory of thy name , deliver us. 


102 MONDAY MORNING. 

Vouchsafe to us the light of thy counte¬ 
nance : 

And quicken us with the joy of thy sal¬ 
vation . 

Almighty and most merciful Father, who 
yet supportest us in our weakness, and sparest 
us in our sins, and hast now granted to us to 
begin another day, enable us to improve the 
time which is yet before us, to thy glory and 
our own salvation. Thou who knowest our 
frailties and infirmities, strengthen and support 
us 5 that, after ail our lapses, we may now con¬ 
tinue steadfast in obedience, that, after our re¬ 
miss and imperfect services, we may at last 
work out our salvation, with diligence and con¬ 
stancy. In thy hand, O Lord, are the wills 
and affections of men ; kindle in our minds holy 
desires, and repress sinful and corrupt imagina¬ 
tions. Enlighten us with true knowledge; 
animate us with reasonable hope; comfort us 
with a just sense of thy love, and assist us to 
the performance of all holy purposes; that, 
living according to thy laws, and dying with 
humble confidence in thy mercy, we may pass 
from the sins and errors, the trials and miseries 
of this world, to the peace and happiness of 
thy everlasting kingdom, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 


MONDAY MORNING. 


103 


O Lord, our Heavenly Father, upon whom 
the eyes of all do wait, and who Idlest all things 
living with plenteousness, give us grace humbly 
to rely on thy providence for the supply of 
our wants, and to be contented with that mea¬ 
sure of temporal blessings which thou art 
pleased to allot us. Vouchsafe us such a just 
esteem of all earthly advantages and enjoy¬ 
ments, that our wishes for them may not be in¬ 
ordinate, nor our labours and cares vexatious 
and distracting. Grant that we may use them 
with temperance, sobriety, and charity, and 
ever be ready with a free heart and open hand 
to minister of our abundance to the relief of 
the needy, the comfort of the sick, and the spi¬ 
ritual wants of our fellow men. Inspire us with 
such a devout temper of mind, that we may 
look with a holy indifference upon this vain 
world, and put nothing in comparison with our 
hopes of glory. Let no sinful amusement abuse 
our understanding; no losses fill us with impa¬ 
tience 5 no disappointment of hope, nor pres¬ 
sure of calamity, weaken our confidence in thy 
fatherly care. Protect us by thy power in all 
our temptations, refresh us with thy comforts 
in all our sorrows, and enable us to bear the 
visitations of thy providence with patience, and 
the infirmities of our neighbour with charity. 
Be thou, O Lord, our guide and our guard, 


104 


MONDAY MORNING. 


that during our pilgrimage here upon earth, we 
may have our conversation in heaven; and 
being in all things resigned to thy blessed will, 
may enjoy thy peace here, and be received to 
thy mercy hereafter, through the merits of Je¬ 
sus Christ our Saviour. Amen . 

Tiie grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


MONDAY EVENING. 


105 


Blonirag ©tuning. 

Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, 
and bow myself before the high God ? shall I 
come before him with burnt-offerings, with 
calves of a year old ? 

Will the Lord he pleased with thousands 
of rams , or with ten thousands of rivers of 
oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my trans¬ 
gression , the fruit of my body for the sin of 
my soul ? 

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good$ 
and what doth the Lord require of thee but to 
do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk hum¬ 
bly with thy God ? 

j For I desired mercy , and not sacrifice ; 
and the knowledge of God more than burnt- 
offerings . 

Withhold not good from them to whom it 
is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to 
do it. 

He that by usury and, unjust gain in - 
ereaseth his substance , he shall gather it for 
him that will pity the poor. 

He that hath pity upon the poor , lendeth 
unto the Lor ' and that which he hath given 
will he pay him again. 

And if thou draw out thy soul to the 


106 MONDAY EVENING. 

hungry , and satisfy the afflicted soul $ then 
shall thy light rise in obscurity , and thy 
darkness he as the noon-day $ 

And the Lord shall guide thee continually, 
and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat 
thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered 
garden, and like a spring of water, whose 
waters fail not. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost 5 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, workl without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, save thy servants: 

Who put our trust in thee. 

Send us help from thy holy place: 

And evermore mightily defend us. 

Let the enemy have no advantage of us: 

Nor the wicked approach to hurt us. 

Be unto us, O Lord, a strong tower: 

From the face of our enemy. 

O Lord hear our prayer: 

And let our cry come unto thee. 

Almighty God and Heavenly Father, who 
desirest not the death of a sinner, look down 
with mercy upon us, depraved with vain ima- 


MONDAY EVENING. 


107 


ginations and entangled in the snares of sin. 
The sense of our corruption and weakness is 
grievous unto us. The remembrance of our 
misdoings is intolerable. But thou, O Lord, 
art full of compassion, long-suffering, and pity. 
Thou sparest when we deserve punishment, 
and in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy. Turn 
then thine anger from us and give us peace : 
and enable us by thy grace to redeem the time 
which we have spent in sloth, vanity, and 
wickedness; to make use of thy gifts to the 
honour of thy name; and to lead a new life in 
thy faith, fear, and love. Release us, O Lord, 
from the bands of those sins which, by our 
frailty, we have committed. Strengthen us in 
our struggles with temptation. Fill us with 
just hopes, true faith, and holy consolations $ 
and enable us to do our duty in the state of 
life to which thou hast been pleased to call us, 
without disturbance from anxious cares or evil 
imaginations, that in all our thoughts, words, 
and actions, we may glorify thy holy name ; 
and finally, obtain everlasting joy and felicity 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O God, the Creator and Preserver of man¬ 
kind, hear the prayers of all that call upon 
thee ; open the eyes of them that never pray 
for themselves ; pity the sighs of such as are 


108 MONDAY EVENING. 

in misery 5 deal mercifully with them that are 
in darkness; and increase the graces of such 
as fear and serve thee. Preserve the Church 
from all errors, this land from the misfortunes 
of war, and this people from forgetting thee 
their Lord and Benefactor. Be gracious to 
all those countries that are made desolate by 
the sword, famine, pestilence, or persecution* 
Bless all persons and places to which thy pro¬ 
vidence has made us debtors 5 all who have 
been instrumental to our good by their assist¬ 
ance, advice, or example; and make us in our 
turn useful to others. Let none of those who 
desire our prayers want thy mercy, but defend 
and conduct them through this dangerous 
world to their lives’ end; for the sake of our 
Advocate and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen * 

And since it hath pleased thee, O Lord, to 
add another day to the years of our life 5 to 
keep us from scandalous sins and the danger 
of a wicked world; to turn us from all those 
evils which we most justly have deserved 5 
since thou hast given us occasions of doing 
good and grace to make use of them, supplied 
us with the comforts of this life, and the means of 
obtaining a better—-Accept, O God, of our 
unfeigned praises, and add this to all thy fa¬ 
vours, that we may never forget to be thank- 


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ful for them, through Jesus Christ our Lord 
Amen. 

Into thy hands, O God, we commend our 
souls and bodies, which thou hast redeemed 
with the most precious blood of thy dear Son. 
So bless and sanctify our sleep to us that it 
may be temperate, holy, and safe; a refresh¬ 
ment to our wearied bodies, and an interval of 
repose to our anxious minds. O let us never 
sleep in sin or death eternal5 but give us a 
watchful and prudent spirit, that we may omit 
no opportunity of serving thee. And grant 
that when the work of our life is done, we may 
rest in the bosom of paradise, till at the last we 
are admitted to the full enjoyment of thy hea¬ 
venly kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


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110 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


Sursirap ifttorning. 

Psalm 146. 

Praise the Lord, O my soul: while I live 
will I praise the Lord; yea, as long as I have 
any being, I will sing praises unto my God. 

O put not your trust in princes , nor in any 
child of man ) for there is no help in them, 

For when the breath of man goeth forth, 
he shall turn again to his earth, and then all 
his thoughts perish. 

Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob 
for his help) and whose hope is in the Lord 
his God ) 

Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and 
all that therein is; who keepeth his promise 
for ever; 

Who helpeth them to right that suffer 
wrong 5 who feedeth the hungry. 

The Lord looseth men out of prison $ the 
Lord giveth sight to the blind. 

The Lord helpeth them that are fallen ) 
the Lord caretli for the righteous. 

The Lord careth for the stranger; he de¬ 
fended! the fatherless and widow ; as for the 
way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down. 

The Lord thy God , O Sion , shall be King 
for ever more , and throughout all generations. 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


Ill 


Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost 5 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end . Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Hear us, O merciful Lord, when we pray 
for ourselves: 

Hear us when we pray for others . 

Bless us with health, and peace, and plenty: 

And make us use them with thankful¬ 
ness , temperance , and charity. 

Reward, O Lord, our kindred, friends, and 
benefactors: 

And forgive our enemies and all that 
hate us. 

Almighty God, our Creator and Preser¬ 
ver, who hast safely brought us to the begin¬ 
ning of another day, make us truly thankful for 
all the mercies, both temporal and spiritual, 
which thou hast vouchsafed to show us through 
the whole course of our lives. Grant us with 
increase of days, increase of holiness ; strength¬ 
en our resolutions of a better life, and impress 
upon us such a sense of thy power and good¬ 
ness that we may place in thee our only feli- 


112 TUESDAY MORNING* 

city 5 so that living in thy love and fear, we may 
die in thy favour, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen, 

O Lord our Heavenly Father, without 
whom all purposes are ineffectual and all ef¬ 
forts vain, grant us the assistance of thy Holy 
Spirit, that we may attend to the duties of our 
present state with humble confidence in thy 
protection ; and so govern our thoughts and ac¬ 
tions, that neither business may withdraw our 
minds from thee, nor idleness lay us open to 
vain imaginations; that neither praise may fill 
us with pride, nor censure with discontent; but 
that in all the changes of this life we may fix 
our hearts upon the reward which thou hast 
promised to them that serve thee ; and that 
whatever things are true, whatever things are 
honest, whatever things are just, whatever are 
pure and lovely, whatever are of good report, 
wherein there is virtue and wherein there is 
praise, we may think upon and do, and obtain 
mercy and everlasting happiness, through the 
merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord 
and Saviour. Amen, 


A Prayer for Children. 

[O Almighty God, who hast given the 
promise of thy Spirit to us and to our children, 


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113 


vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, both to them and 
ourselves the abundance of thy grace, that 
those with whom thou hast connected us by 
the dearest ties of nature, may also be united 
to us in the closest bonds of faith and hope. 
Grant that being regenerate and made thy chil¬ 
dren by adoption and grace, they may daily 
be renewed by thy Holy Spirit. Keep them 
in simplicity, purity, and innocence. Guard 
them against the craft and subtlety of the devil, 
the influence of evil example, and the deceit¬ 
fulness and corruption of their own hearts 5 
[and so rule and govern their conduct in early 
life, as to prevent the follies of their childhood 
from growing up to sins in their youth, and the 
sins of their youth from being confirmed into 
habits in manhood ;] and so deliver them in 
their weakness, their ignorance, and tempta¬ 
tions, and guide them in the way of thy com¬ 
mandments, that they may continue thine for 
ever. Bless, O Lord, our sons with healthful 
bodies and sound minds, with sweet dispositions 
and even tempers, with mortified passions and 
devout affections, with sanctified spirits and 
blameless lives; that they may pass the time 
of their sojourning here in thy faith and fear, 
and die in thy peace and favour. Bless our 
daughters with an humble and modest carriage, 
with a meek and quiet spirit, with soberness of 

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TUESDAY MORNING, 


mind and purity of heart, with watchfulness in 
thought, and prudence, discretion, and charity 
in word and deed. Give them thy perpetual 
grace and favour, that living in chastity and 
honour, free from temptation and sin, from 
shame and reproach, they may have the por¬ 
tion of the meek and humble in this world, and 
of the pure and merciful in the world to come, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen^\ 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


115 


STucsbag (Wonting. 

Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my 
throne, and the earth is my footstool: but to 
this man will I look, even to him that is poor 
and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my 
word. 

/, even /, am he that blotteth oat thy 
transgressions for mine own sake 0 and will 
not remember thy sins . 

O Lord, though our iniquities testify against 
us, do thou it for thy name’s sake, for our 
backslidings are many; we have sinned against 
thee. 

O my God , I am ashamed , and blush to 
lift up my face to thee , my God: for our ini¬ 
quities are increased over our head , and our 
trespass is gone up unto the heavens . 

Behold, I am vile ; what shah I answer 
thee ? X wih lay my hand upon my mouth. 

fVe lie down in our shame , and our con¬ 
fusion covereth us: for we have sinned 
against the Lord our God r , we and our fa¬ 
thers , from our youth even unto this day . 

Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we 
shall be turned. Gracious is the Lord, and 
righteous, yea, our God is merciful. 


116 TUESDAY EVENING. 

Lo , this is our God; we have waited for 
him , and he will save us : this is the Lord j 
we hare waited for him , will he glad and 
rejoice in his salvation. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall he , world without end. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Our help is in the name of the Lord: 

In whom do live the spirits of all flesh. 

Our help is surely in the name of our God: 

Who made not death , neither hath any 
pleasure in the destruction of a sinner. 

Be gracious, O Lord, be gracious to all 
that are weary and heavy laden: 

Nor let any of them he brought to confu¬ 
sion. 

Receive and comfort them that are peni¬ 
tent : 

And to all thy faithful give life eternal. 

Almighty and most merciful Father, who 
hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor de- 
sirest the death of a sinner, look down with 
mercy upon us, and grant that we may return 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


117 


from our wickedness and live. Let not our 
years be multiplied to increase our guilt, but 
as we live longer, let us become more pure in 
our thoughts and desires, and more obedient 
to thy holy laws. O suffer not the cares of the 
world to distract us, nor its sinful pleasures to 
corrupt us, nor its temptations and evils to over¬ 
whelm and discourage us 5 but continue and 
increase thy loving kindness to us, and grant 
that among the hopes and fears, the pleasures 
and sorrows, the dangers and deliverances, and 
all the changes of this life, our hearts may 
surely there be fixed where true joys are to be 
found ; so that when at last we shall be called 
to judgment, we may be received as good and 
faithful servants into thy eternal and glorious 
kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord.— 
Amen. 

O God of our salvation, who art the confi¬ 
dence of all the ends of the earth, remember 
every creature of thine for good, and visit the 
whole world with thy mercy. 

Grant us temperate and healthful weather, 
kindly and fruitful seasons, quiet and comfort¬ 
able times, and bless the whole circle of the 
year with thy goodness. 

O thou who art the friend of the friendless, 
the helper of the needy and the hope of the 


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TUESDAY EVENING. 


disconsolate, remember all that lie under any 
kind of extremity, and that call upon thee for 
succour and protection. Hear the cries of the 
oppressed, relieve the wants of the poor, sus¬ 
tain the afflicted and dejected, sanctifying all 
by their sorrows, and giving an happy issue to 
their respective sufferings 5 through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O gracious and merciful God, we render 
unto thee most humble and hearty thanks for 
having given us our being and reason, and 
nourished and preserved us by thy bountiful 
providence. We bless thee for the advantages 
of our education \ for our civil privileges, our 
social enjoyments, and all our gifts of grace, of 
nature, and of fortune. We bless thee for the 
favours of kind benefactors, the love of dear 
friends, and the comfort of peaceable neigh¬ 
bours ; for every undertaking in which thou 
hast prospered us 5 for every good action which 
thou hast enabled us to do; for all the enjoy¬ 
ments of this present life, and for all thy pro¬ 
mises, and all our hopes of a better life to come, 
through the merits of the death and passion of 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen . 

O everlasting God, who hast ordained 
and constituted the services of angels and men 


TUESDAY EVENING. 119 

in a wonderful order 5 mercifully grant, that 
as thy holy angels always do Thee service in 
heaven ; so by thy appointment, they may suc¬ 
cour and defend us on earth. And since, in 
thy mysterious providence, thou hast made 
them ministering spirits to the heirs of salva¬ 
tion, and caused them to encamp around the 
dwellings of the just; behold with pity the 
temptations and dangers to which the frailty 
of our nature is perpetually exposed, and give 
thy holy angels charge over us to bear us in 
their hands, and coyer us under the shadow of 
their wings. Let them visit, O Lord, this habi¬ 
tation, and drive far away all the snares of the 
enemy. Let them dwell therein to preserve us 
in peace, and let thy blessing be upon us for 
ever, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen . 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 



120 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 


fokimeBtrag JHornmg. 

The Lord is King, the earth may be glad 
thereof 5 yea, the multitude of the isles may be 
glad thereof. 

Clouds and darkness are round about 
him j righteousness arid judgment are the 
habitation of his seat. 

There shall go a fire before him, and burn 
up his enemies on every side. 

The earth trembled and quaked , the very 
foundations also of the hills shook , and were 
removed , because he was wroth. 

There went a smoke out in his presence, 
and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that 
coals were kindled at it. 

He bowed the heavens also , and came 
down , and it was dark under his feet. 

He rode upon the Cherubim, and did fly; 
he came flying upon the wings of the wind. 

He made darkness his secret place , his 
pavilion round about him with dark water , 
and thick clouds to cover him. 

At the brightness of his presence his clouds 
removed 5 hail-stones and coals of fire. 

The Lord also thundered out of heaven , 
and the Highest gave his thunder $ hail¬ 
stones and coals of fire. 


WEDNESDAY MORNING. 121 


He sent out his arrows, and scattered them$ 
he cast forth lightnings, and destroyed them. 

The springs of waters were sent , and the 
foundations of the round world were discov¬ 
ered at thy chiding , O Lord , at the blasting 
of the breath of thy displeasure. 

O ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate 
the thing which is evil; the Lord preserveth 
the souls of his saints $ he shall deliver them 
from the hands of the ungodly. 

There is sprung up a light for the right¬ 
eous , and joyful gladness for such as are 
true-hearted . 

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, and give 
thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God, the Father of Heaven, maker of 
all things; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier of the 
faithful; 


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122 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 


Have mercy upon us. 

O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Trinity, 
three persons and one God $ 

Have mercy upon us. 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God, omnipotent, 
who art, who wast, and who art to come ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God of gods, whom the heaven of hea¬ 
vens cannot contain; 

Have mercy upon us. 

Everlasting King, Immortal, Invisible, 
who dwellest in that light unto which no 
man can approach, great in counsel and 
mighty in work, and of whose wisdom there is 
no end 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Lord, who only doest great things and 
unsearchable, marvellous things without num¬ 
ber, who workest according to the counsel of 
thy own will, who madest this world for the 
use of man and man for thyself ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

One God and Father of us all, who art 
above all, and through all, and in us all, by 
whom are all things, and in whom we live, and 
move, and have our being 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Thou who hast disposed all things in 
number, weight, and measure, who createdst 


WEDNESDAY MORNING. 


123 


the earth by thy power, and the universe by 
thy wisdom 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

Thou who formest the light and createst 
darkness, who makest peace and createst evil 
for the punishment of transgressors, in whose 
hand is the life of every living thing and the 
breath of all flesh 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

Thou who searchest the heart and triest 
the reins, who quickenest the dead and callest 
those things that were not, as if they were 5 
Have mercy upon us. 

O God, on whom the eyes of all do wait 
and who givest them their meat in due season, 
who openest thy hand and fillest all things liv¬ 
ing with plenteousness 5 
Have mercy upon us. 

Thou who executest judgment for the op¬ 
pressed, who healest the broken in heart and 
bindest up their wounds, O God of the father¬ 
less and judge of the widows, who loosest the 
prisoners and openest the eyes of the blind 5 
Have mercy upon us. 

O Lord God, who killest and makest alive, 
who sendest to the grave and bringest back 
again, who increasest the nations and destroy- 
est them 5 

Have mercy upon us. 


124 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 


O God, who hatest iniquity and with whom 
is no acceptance of persons, terrible in thy 
counsels concerning the sons of men, the strong 
and jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the 
fathers upon the children 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God, whose anger none can withstand, 
but whose mercy is above all thy works and 
even triumphs in the midst of judgment itself, 
O God most gracious, showing mercy even to 
a thousand generations for thy covenant’s sake 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

Thou who liftest up the meek and humblest 
the wicked even to the ground, who hast power 
to cast body and soul into hell, who takest the 
wily in their own craftiness and scatterest the 
counsel of the wicked ; 

Have mercy upon 21s. 

O Lord, compassionate, long-suffering, and 
gracious, our Protector and exceeding great 
reward ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Father of mercies, and God of all con¬ 
solation, who only canst comfort us in our 
tribulations and trials, Father of our Lord Je¬ 
sus Christ, the Fountain of being both in hea¬ 
ven and in earth ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God, who by the death of thy Son hast 


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125 


redeemed, and by the grace of thy Spirit dost 
sanctify us and all thy faithful people $ 

Have mercy upon us. 

Hear us, O Father, in the name of thy Son; 
Graciously hear us , O Lord Christ. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


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126 WEDNESDAY EVENING. 


ttkimcskag (Opening. 

To the Lord our God belong mercies and 
forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against 
him: 

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the 
Lord our God , to walk in his laws , which 
he set before us by his servants the prophets • 

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I 
have sinned, and perverted that which was 
right, and it profited me not; 

He will deliver his soul from going into 
the pit , and his life shall see the light . 

For Christ hath once suffered for sins, the 
just for the unjust, that he might bring us to 
God, being put to death in the flesh, but quick¬ 
ened by the Spirit. 

Who is gone into heaven , and is on the 
right hand of God j angels , and authorities , 
and powers being made subject unto him . 

Wherefore he is able also to save them to 
the uttermost that come unto God by him, 
seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for 
them. 

For we have not a high priest which can¬ 
not be touched with the feeling of our infirm¬ 
ities ; but was in all points tempted like as 
we are , yet without sin . 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 127 

Let us therefore come boldly unto the 
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, 
and find grace to help in time of need. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Deliver us, O Lord, from our enemies: 

For ire flee unto thee to hide us. 

Order our steps in thy work: 

And so shall no iniquity have dominion 
over us. 

Suffer not our days to be consumed in 
vanity: 

Nor our years in trouble. 

But bless us with thy peace and favour 
here: 

And crown us with everlasting glory in 
the world to come. 

O Lord God, merciful, long suffering, and 
of great pity; we come before thee to ac¬ 
knowledge and confess our manifold trans¬ 
gressions of thy righteous laws. We have 
frequently and grievously sinned against thee. 


128 WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

But though we have justly provoked thy wrath 
and indignation against us, yet deal not with us 
after our sins, neither reward us according to 
our iniquities. For thy name’s sake, O Lord, 
pardon our iniquity, for it is great. For that 
name’s sake, besides which none other under 
heaven is given unto men, whereby we must 
be saved, and for the sake of that Spirit also, 
who helpeth our infirmities, and maketh inter¬ 
cession for us with groanings which cannot be 
uttered, hear us, O Lord, and have mercy up¬ 
on us. Despise not the work of thine own 
hands, but look upon the face of thine anointed 
and upon the blood of thy covenant, and 
through the propitiation set forth by our Lord 
Jesus Christ for the sins of the whole world, 
be merciful to us miserable sinners. Amen. 

O blessed and glorious Saviour, who by 
thy death hast overcome death, and by thy 
passion hast taken out its sting, and made the 
grave the gate of everlasting life, have mercy 
upon us now, and at the hour of death. Let 
thy grace accompany us all the days of our 
life, that by a holy conversation, and the dili¬ 
gent discharge of our duty, we may wait for 
thy coming, O Lord, and be ready to enter in 
with thee, at whatever hour thou shalt come. 
Suffer us not to be surprised in any act of sin, 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 


129 


nor called upon when our lamps are untrimmed. 
Let our death be neither violent nor untimely, 
hasty nor unblessed, but after the common 
visitation of men; having in it perfect resigna¬ 
tion and exemplary piety, and nothing extra¬ 
ordinary but the manifestation of thy mercy 
and grace. Preserve our faith and our hope, 
our reason and our speech to the last. Then, 
O Lord, shine gloriously upon us. Let the 
light of thy countenance cheer and support us 
in all our agonies, weaknesses, and temptations. 
Give us the opportunity of a prudent and spir¬ 
itual guide, and of receiving the holy sacra¬ 
ment ; and so conduct us in the ways of peace 
and safety, that with the testimony of a good 
conscience, and the sense of thy favour, we 
may depart this life in the unity of the Church, 
in the love of God, and a certain hope of sal¬ 
vation, through thee, O blessed Jesus, our 
Mediator and Redeemer. Amen . 

O Father of mercies, who hast compas¬ 
sion on all men, and relievest those who call 
on thee for help, speak peace to those who are 
troubled in conscience, comfort the afflicted, 
strengthen the weak, confirm the strong, en¬ 
lighten the ignorant, deliver the oppressed from 
him that spoileth him, and relieve the needy 
that hath no helper; and bring us all in the 


130 WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

ways of righteousness and by the waters ot 
comfort to the kingdom of rest and glory, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

To our prayers, O God, we add our un¬ 
feigned thanks for all thy mercies. Praised be 
thy holy name that thou hast kept us from the 
arrow that flieth by day and the sickness that 
destroyeth at noon; that thou hast given us 
thy Spirit to restrain us from the evils to which 
we are exposed by our own weakness and cor¬ 
ruption, and by the crafts and assaults of the 
devil. Praised be thy name for that never- 
ceasing shower of blessings by which this life 
is refreshed and comforted, and for the helps 
and promises by which we are enabled to pre¬ 
pare for a better. Grant that we may show 
forth our thankfulness, not only with our lips, 
but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy 
service, and by walking before thee in holiness 
and righteousness all our days, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


THURSDAY MORNING. 


131 


Slptrskctg Jttornmg. 

I will give thanks unto the Lord with my 
whole heart, secretly among the faithful, and 
in the congregation. 

The works of the Lord are great , sought 
out of all them that have pleasure therein. 

His work is worthy to be praised and had 
in honour, and his righteousness endureth for 
ever. 

By the word of the Lord were the heavens 
made , and all the hosts of them by the breath 
of his mouth. 

He gathereth the waters of the sea togeth¬ 
er, as it were upon an heap 5 and layeth up the 
deep, as in a treasure-house. 

For he spake , and it teas done : he com¬ 
manded, and it stood fast. 

The day is thine, and the night is thine3 
thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 

Thou hast set all the borders of the 
earth: thou hast made summer and winter. 

Thou shalt show 11s wonderful things in thy 
righteousness, O God of our salvation 3 thou 
that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, 
and of them that remain in the broad sea. 

Who in his strength setteth fast the 
mountains , and is girded about with power. 


132 


THURSDAY MORNING. 


Who stiUeth the raging of the sea, and the 
noise of his waves, and the madness of the 
people. 

O worship the Lord in the beauty of ho¬ 
liness ,* let the whole earth stand in awe of 
him. 

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the 
earth; and with righteousness to judge the 
world, and the people with his truth. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, and the 
God of our fathers, who turnest the shadow of 
death into the morning : 

And renewest the face of the earth. 

Who hast delivered us from the terror by 
night: 

And from the pestilence that walketh in 
darkness. 

Who hast enlightened our eyes, that we 
should not sleep in death : 

And makest the outgoings of the morn¬ 
ing and evening to praise thee. 


THURSDAY MORNING. 133 

O Eternal God, the fountain of life and 
health, of peace and joy, who dost enlighten 
our eyes with thy glories and fill our hearts 
with thy comforts} blessed be thy name for 
preserving us this night from sin and sorrow, 
from accidents and death. And now that thou 
hast added to the number of our days, grant 
that all the sins and offences and neglects of 
those already gone, may by thy mercy be par¬ 
doned and done away $ that we may hence¬ 
forth be enabled to walk as children of light, 
soberly, purely, and honestly 5 and that this 
and every other day may be employed to the 
perfecting of holiness in thy fear, and blessed 
with the comforts of health, of peace, and inno¬ 
cence. Vouchsafe to keep us without sin, up¬ 
holding us when we are about to fall, and lift¬ 
ing us up when we are down 5 that we may 
never be suffered to continue under the power 
of temptation, nor to have our hearts hardened 
through the deceitfulness of sin. Let no work 
of our hands be a cause of grief to ourselves, 
or of offence to others $ but let us be continu¬ 
ally employed in those things for which thou, 
our God, mayest remember for us good. Pre¬ 
serve our going out and our coming in, from 
this time forth for evermore, and finally let our 
souls be presented before thy majesty, holy and 
unreproveable in the day of the Lord Jesus 5 


134 


THURSDAY MORNING. 


to whom, with Thee, and the Holy Ghost, be 
all honour and glory world without end. Amen . 

To our prayers, O Lord, we add our in¬ 
tercessions for all our relatives and friends. 
Thou knowest all their joys and their sorrows, 
their hopes and their fears, the number of their 
sins and the measure of their repentance. O 
grant them the grace which is sufficient for 
them, according to their several necessities^ 
and bless them with purity of heart, with right¬ 
eousness of life, with peace of conscience, and 
the comforts of the Holy Ghost. More espe¬ 
cially, we beseech thee, to look down with 
mercy upon (our parents,* who are labouring 
under) the troubles and infirmities of age. As 
the years draw nigh when they shall have no 
pleasure in them, when their strength shall be 
but labour and sorrow, and their flesh and their 
heart shall fail, O be thou the strength of their 
heart and their portion for ever. During the 
few and evil days of their wearisome pilgrim¬ 
age, let thy rod and thy staff support and com¬ 
fort them. And the more the outward man 
decayeth, strengthen them so much the more 
continually with thy grace and Holy Spirit in 
the inner man $ that as the world fadeth from 

# Or, “such as are near and dear to us.” 


THURSDAY MORNING. 


135 


their sight they may fix their eyes more stead¬ 
fastly on that place where true joys are alone 
to be found. Enable them to realize the truth 
of thy promises, fill them with the consolations 
of thy gospel, enliven their hopes, and increase 
their charity ; that living in favour with Thee 
and in peace with men, they may be at all 
times ready for their departure, and whenever 
thou art pleased to take them hence, fulfil their 
joy in the bliss and glory of thy everlasting 
kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord.— 
Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


136 


THURSDAY .EVENING. 


®l}ttrsfrci£) burning. 

I have sinned ; what shall I do unto thee, 
O thou Preserver of men ? why hast thou set 
me as a mark against thee, so that I am a bur¬ 
den to myself? 

Surely it is meet to he said unto God , I 
have borne chastisement , I will not offend 
any more. 

That which I see not, teach thou me; if I 
have done iniquity, I will do no more. 

Let the tricked forsake his way, and the 
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him 
return unto the Lord , and he will have mercy 
upon him• and to our God , for he trill 
abundantly pardon. 

For thus saith the high and lofty One that 
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I 
dwell in the high and holy place, with him also 
that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive 
the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart 
of the contrite ones. 

For 1 will not contend for ever , neither 
will I he always wroth; for the spirit should 
fail before me, and the souls which I have 
made. 

O Lord, I will praise thee ; though thou 


THURSDAY EVENING. 137 

wast angry with me, thine anger is turned 
away, and thou comfortedst me. 

Behold , God is my salvation $ I will 
trust , and not he afraid j for the Lord Je¬ 
hovah is my strength and my song 5 he also 
is become my salvation. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost 5 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Set not, O Lord, our misdeeds before 
Thee: 

Nor our secret sins in the light of thy 
countenance. 

For we acknowledge our faults with an¬ 
guish of soul: 

And complain of them in the bitterness 
of our heart. 

O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver us : 

O Lord , make haste to help us. 

Turn we beseech Thee our heaviness into 
joy: 

Put off our sackcloth and gird us with 
gladness. 


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138 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


O God the Father, who hast declared that 
thou hast no pleasure in the death of a sinner, 
but wouldest rather that he should turn from 
his wickedness and live, be gracious unto thy 
servants who are thine by creation and adop¬ 
tion, and as an earthly father pitieth his own 
children, even so be thou merciful unto us who 
fear thee. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst come to 
seek that which was lost, suffer us not to perish 
whom thou hast found and brought into thy 
fold and ransomed from destruction. 

O Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, 
who hast breathed into us a living soul, grant 
that we may not have received this gift in vain, 
but vouchsafe us such an abundant measure of 
thy grace, that we may never resist thy godly 
motions, nor grieve thee by turning again unto 
sin. 

O God, from whom all good counsels and 
all just works do proceed, teach us to watch 
over all our ways, that we may never be sur¬ 
prised by sudden temptations, and strengthen 
our feeble and wavering minds, that we may 
never be betrayed by weakness and fear. Di¬ 
rect us in all things according to thy holy word. 
Give us a clean heart, an undefiled body, pure 
thoughts, and orderly desires. Sanctify our 
affections, mortify our appetites and passions, 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


139 


direct and govern our conduct, pardon what is 
past, and keep us holy and blameless in the 
time to come. 

And grant that when the short and evil 
days of our pilgrimage are spent, we may find 
mercy and favour with all thy saints, who from 
the beginning of the world have pleased thee 
in their several generations, patriarchs and 
prophets, apostles and martyrs, and every just 
spirit made perfect by faith, from righteous 
Abel even unto this day. Do thou give us 
rest and felicity with them in the bosom of 
paradise $ and finally bring us to the full en¬ 
joyment of thy heavenly kingdom: that so 
with that innumerable company before the 
throne, we may sing praises to Thee and the 
Lamb, for ever and ever, through the merits 
and mediation of the same Jesus Christ our 
Lord and Saviour. Amen . 

O God, whose will is the measure of holi¬ 
ness, and whose providence is the minister of 
mercy, binding all events together in order to 
thy glory and the advantage of thy servants by 
a mysterious chain of wisdom and goodness; 
let thy will also be the measure of our desires, 
and thy providence in all the changes of life 
the ground of our submission. Thou hast made 
and hitherto sustained us. Thou hast blessed 


140 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


us with unmerited mercies all our days, and 
protected us amidst innumerable dangers. 
Thou hast relieved us in our calamities, and 
comforted us in' our sorrows. In the remem¬ 
brance then of thy past goodness, may we re¬ 
pose with filial confidence on thy love and 
favour for the time to come. And more espe¬ 
cially, O Lord, we beseech thee, that in the 
loss of our friends whom thou hast guided in 
life by thy counsel, and blessed in death with 
thy peace and favour ; we may not murmur 
and repine, nor sorrow as others who are with¬ 
out hope. Thy counsels are secret and thy 
wisdom is infinite: with the same hand thou 
hast crowned them and smitten us. Praised 
be thy name, O Lord, that thou didst call them 
to the knowledge of thy truth and sanctify them 
by thy grace 5 that thou didst pour upon them 
the continual dew of thy blessing, and preserve 
them in their way through all the impediments 
of their salvation. We give thee thanks, O 
God, for all the graces and benefits which thou 
didst bestow upon them in time, and hast re¬ 
served for them throughout eternity. And we 
beseech thee to join us so together with them 
in unity of spirit, that we, following their bless¬ 
ed steps in all virtuous and godly living, may 
cheerfully do thy will on earth as they in hea¬ 
ven, and be made partakers with them of those 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


141 


unutterable joys which thou hast prepared for 
those who unfeignedly love thee ; through the 
merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


142 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


iribas lllorning. 

From the 147th Psalm. 

O praise the Lord , for it is a good thing 
to sing praises unto our God $ yea, a joyful 
and pleasant thing it is to be thankful. 

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem , and 
gather together the outcasts of Israel . 

He healeth those that are broken in heart, 
and giveth medicine to heal their sickness. 

He telleth the number of the stars , and 
calleth them all by their names . 

Great is our Lord, and great is his power 5 
yea, and his wisdom is infinite. 

The Lord setteth up the meek , and bring- 
eth the ungodly down to the ground . 

O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving 5 
sing praises upon the harp unto our God 5 

Who covereth the heaven with clouds , 
and prepareth rain for the earth: and mak- 
eth the grass to grow upon the mountains , 
and herb for the use of men : 

Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, and 
feedeth the young ravens that call upon him. 

Praise the Lord , O Jerusalem j praise 
thy God , O Sion 5 

For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, 
and hath blessed thy children within thee. 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


143 


He maketh peace in thy borders , and 
jilleth thee with the flour of wheat. 

He showeth his word unto Jacob, his sta¬ 
tutes and ordinances unto Israel. 

He hath not dealt so with any nation $ 
neither have the heathen knowledge of his 
laws. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost $ 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God, the Father of Heaven ; 

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world; 

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from 
the Father and the Son 5 

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three 
Persons and one God 5 

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners. 

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the 
offences of our forefathers; neither take thou 
vengeance of our sins; spare us, good Lord, 
spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed 



144 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


with thy most precious blood, and be not an¬ 
gry with us for ever. 

Spare us , good Lord. 

From all evil and from all sin, from pride 
and vain-glory, from avarice and covetousness; 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

From envy and hatred, from anger and ill- 
will, from malignity and revenge; 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

From luxury and intemperance, from riot¬ 
ing and excess, and from all inordinate and 
sinful affections ; 

Good Lord , deliver us. ' 

From hypocrisy, and self-deceit, from un¬ 
charitableness and spiritual pride, and from all 
blindness and hradness of heart; 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

By the might of thy omnipotency, by the 
greatness of thy love, by the multitude of thy 
mercies, and by all thy glorious attributes 5 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

In the time of temptation and trouble, in 
prosperity and joy, in the hour of death, and in 
the day of judgment 5 

Good Lord , deliver us. 

We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O 
Lord God ; and that it would please thee to 
give us thy grace, that we may love thee with 
all our heart, with all our mind, and all our 



FRIDAY MORNING. 


145 


strength, that we may honour thy holy name and 
word, and worship thee in spirit and in truth; 
We beseech Thee to hear us , good Lord . 
That we may remember our covenant with 
thee in baptism, the renewal of our promises 
and vows, and be enabled to fight manfully 
against the world, the flesh, and the devil 5 
We beseech Thee to hear us , good Lord . 
That we may present unto thee our bodies 
and our souls a living sacrifice, holy arid ac¬ 
ceptable in thy sight, and finally obtain those 
unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for 
them that love thee $ v 

We beseech Thee to hear us , good Lord . 
That we may love our neighbours as our¬ 
selves, that we may be true and just in all our 
dealings, that we may injure no man’s life, 
good name, or honour, through envy, malice, 
or revenge, and that we may do unto others as 
we would they should do unto us \ 

We beseech Thee to hear us , good Lord . 
That we may forbear one another in love, 
keeping the unity of the Spirit in the bond of 
peace; 

We beseech Thee to hear us , good Lord . 
That it may please thee to rule and govern 
thy holy Church universal in the right way, 
and to deliver it from all false doctrine, heresy, 
and schism; 


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146 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


We beseech Thee to hear us y good Lord . 

That it may please thee to enlighten the 
eyes of them that sit in darkness and the 
shadow of death, and to guide their feet into 
the way of peace ; 

We beseech Thee to hear uSj good Lord . 

That from the rising of the sun even to the 
going down of the same, thy name may be great 
among the Gentiles, and that all the kingdoms 
of the earth may become the kingdoms of thy 
Son 5 

We beseech Thee to hear us , good Lord . 

That thy kingdom may come into the 
hearts of all who truly call upon Thee, with 
peace, and righteousness, and joy in the Holy 
Ghost, and that both thy name may be sancti¬ 
fied and thy will be done by us on earth, as it 
is in heaven ; 

We beseech Thee to hear USj good Lord. 

O Father, in the name of thy Son $ 

W 3 beseech Thee to hear us. 

O Lamb of God, who takes! av/ay the sins 
of the world; 

Grant us thy peace . 

O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
of the world \ 

Mare mercy upon us. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


147 


JFrilrajj (Keening. 

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, 
that it cannot save ; neither his ear heavy, that 
it cannot hear. 

But your iniquities have separated be¬ 
tween you and your God , and your sins have 
hid his fewe from you , that he will not hear. 

Cast away from you all your transgressions, 
whereby ye have transgressed 5 and make you 
a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye 
die, O house of Israel ? 

jF or I have no pleasure in the death of 
him that dieth , saith the Lord God; where¬ 
fore turn yourselves and live ye. 

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper $ 
hut whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall 
have mercy. 

If God will not withdraw his anger , the 
proud helpers do stoop under him . 

How much less shall I answer him, and 
choose out my words to reason with him % 

Whom , though I were righteous , yet 
would I not answer , but I woidd make sup¬ 
plication to my judge. 

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not 
consumed, because his compassions fail not. 


148 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


They are new every morning: great is 
tliy faithfulness. 

The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; 
therefore will I hope in him. 

The Lord is good unto them that wait 
for him , to the soul that seeheth him. 

Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord 
God Almighty $ just and true are thy ways, 
thou King of saints. 

Who shall not fear thee , O Lord , and 
glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy: 
for all nations shall come and worship before 
thee. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost 5 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Let my prayer, O Lord, be set forth in thy 
sight as incense: 

And the lifting up of my hands be an 
evening sacrifice. 

Incline thine ear unto my calling: 

And ponder the voice of my humble de¬ 
sires. 

O cleanse thou me from my secret faults: 




FRIDAY EVENING. 


149 


Keep thy servant also from presumptu¬ 
ous sins , lest they get the dominion over me . 

O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast 
thy servant away in displeasure: 

Thou hast been my succour , leave me 
not , neither forsake me , O God of my salva¬ 
tion. 

Remember me, O Lord, according to the 
favour that thou bearest unto thy people. 

O visit me with thy salvation , that I may 
see the felicity of thy chosen , and rejoice in 
the gladness of thy people . 

O Lord our Heavenly Father, who hast 
brought us one day nearer to the grave, let 
this thought excite us to finish the work of our 
salvation with diligence, before that night over¬ 
take us wherein no man can work. Abide with 
us, O Lord, when the shadows of the evening 
are stretched out, and the day is declining upon 
us. O cast us not away in the time of age, 
neither forsake us when our strength faileth 
us. Thou hast made and hitherto sustained 
us, continue still to support and deliver us; 
and when death draws near, let thy strength 
be made perfect in our weakness. In constant 
remembrance and due sense of this awful hour, 
we earnestly entreat thee, blessed Lord, to 

order such an end of this life for us, as may be 

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150 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


truly Christian, perfectly void of sin and shame, 
and so far as thou seest fit, from suffering and 
pain; that we may be gathered to the remain¬ 
der of thy chosen, in peace and innocence, and 
brought to a favourable account at the terrible 
tribunal of the great day, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

O God of infinite mercy, who hast com¬ 
passion on all men, and relievest the necessities 
of all who call unto thee for help, hear the 
prayers of thy servant, who though unworthy 
to ask any thing for himself, is bound in charity 
to pray for others. Be gracious unto thy hand¬ 
maid, my partner in life. Let thy blessing be 
upon her head night and day 5 support her in 
all her necessities, strengthen her in all her 
temptations, comfort her in all her sorrows, 
and let her be thy faithful servant amidst ail 
the changes and chances of this mortal life; 
and lift up the light of thy countenance upon 
us both, that we may dwell in thy love and 
favour for ever. Bless our children with health¬ 
ful bodies, with sound understandings, with the 
gifts of thy Spirit, with sweet dispositions and 
holy habits, and keep them unblamable to the 
coming of the Lord Jesus. Bless every mem¬ 
ber of our household, and all our relatives and 
friends, with the comforts of thy providence, 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


151 


and the favours of thy grace. Remember our 
benefactors for good, returning their kindness 
doubly into their own bosoms, rewarding them 
with temporal blessings, and crowning them 
with eternal glory, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen . 

O most gracious God, who daily multipliest 
thy mercies upon us notwithstanding we every 
day renew our provocations ) we bless thee for 
keeping us in health and peace, for continuing 
to us all our comforts and enjoyments, for as¬ 
sisting us with thy Spirit in the duties of this 
day, and turning from us all those evils which 
we most justly have deserved 5 grant us a due 
sense of these endearing benefits, and a hearty 
sorrow for all our offences. 

And forasmuch as it hath pleased thee to 
make the night for repose, as thou hast ordain¬ 
ed the day for labour, grant that we may con¬ 
tinually watch in the day for the coming of 
our Lord, and so diligently work while we have 
time, that we may not be afraid of the night 
overtaking us unprepared, but lie down to our 
rest in peace, either willing to live or ready to 
die, even as thou, O Lord, in thine infinite 
wisdom shait see fit to order it. Unto thy 
gracious protection we commend ourselves this 


152 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


night, and all who are near and dear to us. 
Refresh our bodies with quiet rest and sleep, 
and our souls with the consolations of thy Holy 
Spirit 5 and raise us up again in health and 
cheerfulness, to praise and bless thy holy name 
for all thy goodness towards us, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


SATURDAY MORNING. 


153 


0aturtra2 Morning. 

The Lord by wisdom hath founded the 
earth 5 by understanding hath he established 
the heavens. 

By his knowledge the depths are broken 
up , and the clouds drop down the dew. 

He giveth to all life, and breath, and all 
things, and upon whom doth not his light 
arise ? 

With him is wisdom and strength , he 
hath counsel and understanding. 

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield 
unto them that put their trust in him. 

Me disappointeth the devices of the crafty , 
so that their hands cannot perform their en¬ 
terprise. 

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness 5 
and the council of the froward is carried head¬ 
long. 

They meet with darkness in the day-time , 
and grope in the noon-day as in the night. 

The Lord killeth, and maketh alive 5 he 
bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 

He delivereth and rescueth , and he work- 
eth signs and wonders in heaven and in 
earth. 

For of him, and through him, and to him, 


154 SATURDAY MORNING}. 

are all things: he is the living God, and stead¬ 
fast for ever ; the blessed and only Potentate, 
the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 

Who only hath immortality , dwelling in 
the light which no man can approach unto: 
whom no man hath seen nor can see 5 to 
whom he honour and power everlasting . 
Amen . 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost 3 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall he , world without end . Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, it is not in man that walketh to 
direct his steps ; 

Teach us to do the thing that pleaseth 
Thee , for thou art our God . 

Remove far from us thoughts that are with¬ 
out understanding. 

And evermore inspire us with such as are 
well pleasing in thy sight. 

Turn away our eyes, lest they behold vanity* 

Shut our ears to evil communications , 
and let them he open to the words of truth 
and righteousness. 

Set a watch, O Lord, before our mouth, 
and keep the door of our lips: 


SATURDAY MORNING. 


155 


And lei our speech be holy and edifying , 
that it may minister grace unto the hearers . 

O God the Father of mercies, the Fountain 
of life and joy, of peace and comfort, who hll- 
est heaven with thy glory, and the earth with 
thy goodness: we render thee most humble and 
hearty thanks for the innumerable instances of 
thy favour and loving-kindness to us. We bless 
thee for bestowing on us the gift of life in a 
Christian land, for regenerating us in the 
waters of baptism, and for renewing us from 
day to day by the grace of thy Holy Spirit. 
We bless thee for reclaiming us when we have 
gone astray, for bearing with the errors and 
ignorances, the vices and vanities of our youth, 
and all the remissness and guilt of our riper 
years. We bless thee that thou didst not cut 
us off in the beginning of our days and the pro¬ 
gress of our sins; that thou didst give us grace 
to repent and amend our lives $ that thou didst 
comfort us with thy help again, and stablish us 
with thy free Spirit. Give unto thy servants 
such a sense of thine unspeakable goodness, 
that we may love thee with all our heart and 
soul, that we may serve thee with all our fa¬ 
culties and powers, and submit with cheerful¬ 
ness to thy will and pleasure in all thy dispen¬ 
sations. Grant this, O Lord, for the sake of 


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SATURDAY MORNING. 


our Advocate and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. 
Amen . 

O Gracious God, who knowest whereof 
we are made, and rememberest that we are 
but dust, let us never fall again into the sins 
from which thou hast mercifully withdrawn us $ 
and if at any time, through heedlessness or 
temptation, we wander from thy way, recall 
us, we beseech thee, by the grace of thy 
Spirit, that we may never pass from long 
indulgence in sin, to hardness of heart and 
contempt of thy word and commandment. 
Let thy anger never rise against us, but 
thy rod gently correct our follies, and thy 
staff guide and support us in thy ways. Give 
us a tender conscience, a meek and humble 
spirit, a discreet and charitable conversation, 
pure and healthful bodies, orderly desires, holy 
and mortified affections. Let us never, through 
riches, forget ourselves, nor through poverty 
forget thee. Let no hope or fear, no pleasure 
or pain, no accident without or weakness with¬ 
in, hinder or discompose us in our duty, or turn 
us from the way of thy commandments. O 
grant that each day and year which may pass 
over us, may bring us nearer to thyself; and 
when our strength faileth, be thou our light and 
defence, our guide and our guard unto death, 


SATURDAY MORNING. 


157 


and our portion for ever and ever, through Je¬ 
sus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

Assist us mercifully, O Lord, in all the 
changes and chances of this mortal life. O be 
gracious unto us in the time of calamity and 
trouble, when the cloud is thick and the storm 
is great, and nature would sink under the visit¬ 
ations of thy providence, without the support 
and comfort of thy heavenly grace. Strengthen 
our faith in our sicknesses and sorrows, our 
temptations and trials. And when the days of 
our pilgrimage are over and the shadows are 
departed, grant that we may die in thy fear 
and favour, and rest in an holy hope of our joy¬ 
ful resurrection, and the full and perfect con¬ 
summation of our bliss, both in body and soul, 
in thy everlasting kingdom, through our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


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158 


SATURDAY EVENING. 


Saturhag (Exciting. 

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, 
but unto us confusion of face. 

We have sinned , and have committed in¬ 
iquity , and have done wickedly , and have re¬ 
belled , even by departing from thy precepts 
and from thy judgments. 

What is man that he should be clean ? and 
he which is born of a woman, that he should 
be righteous ? 

Behold , he putteth no trust in his saints ; 
yea , the heavens are not clean in his sight. 

If the Lord will be extreme to mark what 
is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it ? 

Enter not into judgment then with thy 
servant , for in thy sight no man living shall 
be justified, 

O my God, incline thine ear and hear, for 
we do not present our supplications before thee 
for our righteousnesses, but for thy great 
mercies. 

O Lord , forgive , defer not for thine own 
sake , O my God, 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost $ 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
Over shall be, world without end. Amen, 


Saturday evening. 


159 


Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Incline thine ear unto me, O Lord, and 
hearken unto my prayer: 

Show thy marvellous loving-kindness , 
thou that art the Saviour of them that put 
their Trust in Thee, 

O remember not the sins and offences of 
my youth, nor the transgressions of my riper 
years: 

But according to thy mercy think thou 
upon me , O Lord , for thy goodness . 

O give me the comfort of thy help again, 
and stablish me with thy free Spirit : 

Then will my lips he glad when I sing 
unto Thee , and so will my sold which thou 
hast delivered . 

Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, and the 
God of our Fathers, who hast ordained the 
successions of light and darkness$ who hast 
delivered us from the perils of this day; who 
hast kept us in security, comfort, and peace, 
and not cut off our life nor wasted us with 
pining sickness from morning until night 
Wearied with the labours and cares of the past 
day, we come to thee, O God, for quiet and 
repose, and new supplies of strength to droop* 


160 


SATURDAY EVENING* 


ing nature. Let this season of rest be an entire 
cessation to us, as well from sin as from labour 
and sorrow $ and suffer not any thought to 
surprise our unguarded minds, which is capable 
either of displeasing thee, or defiling us $ that 
our sleep may be pure and composed, and free 
from every worldly and wicked imagination. 

O thou Keeper of Israel, that neither slum- 
berest nor sleepest, take us under the covering 
of thy wings 5 defend us from the terrors of the 
night, and the pestilence that walketh in dark¬ 
ness^ preserve us from all manner of evil, and 
visit us with the favour thou bearest unto thy 
chosen, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O God, who hast blessed us with heavenly 
blessings in Christ Jesus, thy holy day, thy sa¬ 
cred word, and thy divine ordinances, give us 
grace, we beseech thee, so to improve them, as 
that they may supply strength to our minds and 
comfort to our hearts. Set our affections on 
things above, and make the hallowed services 
of thy day of rest an emblem and foretaste to 
us, of that eternal rest which remaineth for thy 
people in thy heavenly kingdom. Grant that 
we may hear and receive thy holy word with 
meek heart and due reverence, and let it be 
the chief concern of our life to meditate in thy 
law, to study thy will, and to understand every 


SATURDAY EVENING. 


161 


part of our duty $ that our service may be holy 
and acceptable in thy sight. Give us a serious 
and collected spirit in our prayers, that being 
neither distracted by the remembrance of our 
troubles, or pleasures, or our business and cares, 
nor discomposed by levity or passion, our 
hearts may be entirely fixed upon heaven and 
heavenly things. And let the beams of thy 
blessed Spirit, descending from above, enkindle 
in us a flame of devotion that may not go out 
by night or by day. And unite our prayers to 
the intercession of our Mediator, before thy 
throne; that being hallowed by the merits of 
thy Son, they may ascend to thy glorious pre¬ 
sence and be acceptable in thy sight, through 
the same blessed Advocate and Redeemer, 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O God our heavenly Father, by whose 
watchful providence we have been preserved 
through another week, by whose grace we 
have been assisted in our duties, and by whose 
mercy we have been blessed with the comforts 
of which we were unworthy, and delivered 
from the evils which we most justly have de¬ 
served 5 accept, we beseech thee, of our un¬ 
feigned praises for all thy goodness, and pardon 
all our sins. Lord, forsake us not in the van¬ 
ishing of our days, but still continue thy gra- 


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cious and fatherly protection to us. Be thou 
our light and defence, our guide and guard 
through this vale of misery and tears, to that 
holy hill where thine honour and our rest 
dwelleth. And give us the peace, and com¬ 
fort, and communion of thy Holy Spirit, that 
our eyes may see thy salvation, and we thy 
servants depart in thy peace, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 



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163 


THIRD WEEK. 

Stmfocts Morning. 

Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised 
in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill: 

The hill of Sion is a fair place , and the 
joy of the whole earth 5 upon the north side 
lieth the city of the great King : God is well 
known in her palaces as a sure refuge. 

For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an 
habitation for himself: he hath longed for her. 

I will bless her victuals with increase , 
and will satisfy her poor with bread. 

I will deck her priests with health, and her 
saints shall rejoice and sing. 

O send out thy light and thy truth , that 
they may lead me , and bring me unto thy 
holy hill , and to thy dwelling. 

And that I may go unto the altar of God, 
even unto the God of my joy and gladness. 

Lord , I have loved the habitation of thy 
house , and the place where thine honour 
dwelleth. 

My praise is of thee in the great congrega¬ 
tion ; my vows will I perform in the sight of 
them that fear him. 

I will worship toward thy holy temple , 
and praise thy name , because of thy loving - 


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kindness and truth ; for thou hast magnified 
thy name and thy word above all things. 

I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever, and 
my trust shall be under the covering of thy 
wings. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Bless, O Lord, thy Spouse, the Holy Ca¬ 
tholic Church: 

And evermore mightily defend her. 

Deliver her from all strange doctrines, he¬ 
resies, and schisms: 

And bless her with truth , unity and con - 
cord. 

Clothe her priests with righteousness and 
holiness of life: 

And give her people grace to holdfast of 
their profession , and adorn it with good 
works. 

Comfort her where she is distressed : 

And strengthen her where she is lan¬ 
guishing and weak. 

Deliver her where she is in danger: 


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And restore her where she is laid waste . 

Bless her friends : 

Convert her enemies . 

Have mercy, O Lord, on the nations who 
do not know Thee : 

And those who knew Thee once , hut since 
have fallen from the truth . 

Bring back those who have wandered from 
her fold : 

And may all the kingdoms of the world 
become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his 
Christ . 

Glory be to Thee, O Lord God, the Ma¬ 
ker of all things, visible and invisible, the Giver 
of all good, temporal and eternal, the Fountain 
of life and immortality, heavenly King, God the 
Father Almighty. 

Glory be to Thee, O Lord, the only-begot¬ 
ten Son Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the 
world, the Advocate of sinners, the Prince of 
Peace, the Head of the Church, and the migh¬ 
ty Deliverer of all them that call upon Thee. 

Glory be to Thee, O Holy Ghost, the Lord 
and Giver of life, the Comforter and Sanctifier 
of the faithful. 

All glory and thanks, all honour and pow¬ 
er, all love and obedience be to the undivided 
Trinity, one God, blessed for evermore. 


166 SUNDAY MORNING. 

The heavens declare thy glory, the earth 
confesses thy providence, the sea manifests thy 
power, and angels and men celebrate thy 
greatness and magnify thy mercy for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

O Holy and blessed Saviour, who hast 
overcome death and the grave, manifesting the 
truth of thy promises by thy triumphant resur¬ 
rection from the dead and ascension into hea¬ 
ven, raise us, we beseech Thee, from the death 
of sin unto the life of righteousness, that we, 
following thy blessed steps, may also be partak¬ 
ers of thy glorious resurrection. Mortify with¬ 
in us our corrupt affections and inordinate de¬ 
sires. Keep us from vicious compliances and 
evil customs, and let not the reverence of any 
man cause us to sin against Thee. Take from 
us all frowardness and pride, all prejudice and 
self-conceit, all blindness of heart and careless¬ 
ness of spirit, that we may cast down every 
vain imagination, and bring every thought into 
obedience to thy will. May we never be 
ashamed of Thee before men, but acknowledg¬ 
ing Thee as our Lord and Master, and our¬ 
selves as thy servants and disciples, may we 
love to sit at thy feet, and listen to the words 
which flow from thy lips ; that being instructed 
in thy truth and sanctified by thy Spirit, there 


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may be no place left in us either for error in 
religion, or for viciousness of life. All which 
we ask through thine own prevailing merits, O 
blessed Saviour, who livest and reignest with 
the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world 
without end. Amen . 

Almighty God, who by thy divine Provi¬ 
dence hast appointed divers orders of ministers 
in thy Church for the salvation of mankind, 
send down upon these thy servants thy heavenly 
blessing. Give them grace, we beseech Thee, 
diligently to preach thy word, and duly admin¬ 
ister the godly discipline thereof. Replenish 
them with the truth of thy doctrine, and adorn 
them with innocency of life, that both by word 
and good example, they may faithfully serve 
thee in their several offices to thy honour and 
the edification of thy Church. And grant to 
the people, that they may obediently follow 
their godly admonitions, so that as well by these 
thy ministers, as by them over whom they are 
appointed, thy holy name may be for ever glo¬ 
rified, and thy blessed kingdom enlarged. 

More especially we beseech thee, O Hea¬ 
venly Father, to be present with us this day in 
our attendance on thy courts. Impress us with 
a deep sense of thy mercies and our own un- 
worthiness, that coming before Thee with 


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meek hearts and due reverence, our prayers 
and praises may be acceptable in thy sight. 
And enable us to be doers of the word, and not 
hearers only$ walking worthy of the vocation 
wherewith we are called, and adorning the 
doctrine of God our Saviour in all things, who, 
with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever liveth and 
reigneth, world without end. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


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169 


Smdrag 

Psalm 84. 

O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou 
Lord of hosts! 

My soul hath a desire and longing to 
enter into the courts of the Lord $ my heart 
and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 

Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house 5 
and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her 
young 5 even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my 
King and my God. 

j Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : 
they will he always praising thee. 

Blessed is the man whose strength is in 
thee \ in whose heart are thy ways. 

WIiOj going through the vale of misery , 
use it for a well $ and the pools are filled 
with water. 

They will go from strength to strength, and 
unto the God of gods appeareth every one of 
them in Sion. 

O Lord God of hosts , hear my prayer 5 
hearken , O God of Jacob. 

Behold, O God, our defender, and look 
upon the face of thine Anointed. 

For one day in thy courts is better than 
a thousand. 


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170 SUNDAY EVENING. 

I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house 
of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungod- 
liness. 

For the Lord God is a light and de¬ 
fence 5 the Lord will give grace and worship $ 
and no good thing shall he withhold from 
them that live a godly life. 

O Lord God of hosts, blessed is the man 
that putteth his trust in Thee. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost 5 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Remember us, O Lord, in mercy: 

And visit us with thy salvation. 

Deliver us from our enemies, O Lord God 
of hosts: 

And show us the light of thy countenance. 

Let thy priests be clothed with righteous¬ 
ness : 

And make thy faithful people joyful. 

Turn the scourge of thine anger from the 
earth: 

And let peace and good will prevail 
among men. 


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O merciful God, by whose fatherly love 
and watchful providence we are preserved 
amidst the innumerable dangers to which we 
are exposed, and blessed with the comforts of 
which we are unworthy, and by whose grace 
we are helped in our infirmities and strength¬ 
ened in our temptations; look down upon us, 
we beseech Thee, with pity and compassion. 
We are humbled at the remembrance of thy 
mercies, and our own unthankfulness. We are 
ashamed of our remissness in duty, and our 
frequent neglect of the means of grace. O 
Lord, be gracious to our infirmities, and have 
mercy upon our sins. Forgive, more especially, 
whatever has been amiss in the services of the 
past day, the coldness of our affections, the 
wandering of our minds, the worldliness of our 
thoughts, and all the imperfections in our 
praises and prayers $ and grant that with pure 
hearts and broken and contrite spirits, with 
sanctified lips and holy desires, we may serve 
thee more devoutly and acceptably for the time 
to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, 
that the words which we have heard this day 
with our outward ears, may, through thy grace, 
be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they 
may bring forth in us the fruit of good living. 
Let thy Holy Spirit govern all our words and 


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actions, our thoughts and designs, and enable 
us so truly to repent us of our sins, so carefully 
to reform our errors, so diligently to watch 
over all our conduct, that we may never fail 
through negligence to obey thy command¬ 
ments, nor willingly transgress thy holy laws. 
May it be the work of our lives and the joy of 
our hearts to serve and please Thee, that we 
may finally receive the reward of our labours 
and the end of our hopes, the salvation of our 
souls, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O Lord, our Heavenly F ather, the high and 
mighty Ruler of the universe, by whom alone 
all kinds and degrees of lawful magistracy arc 
ordained to provide for the public peace, and, 
by restraining private injuries, to remove the 
impediments to love and good will among men $ 
that so both rulers and people may be built up 
together for thy heavenly kingdom: preserve, 
we beseech Thee, and govern with thy grace, 
those whom thou hast adorned with thy power. 
Keep their hearts in thy faith, fear, and love, 
that they may not seek their own, but thy 
honour and glory, O Lord of lords, and King 
of kings ; and at all times and in all cases, truly 
and impartially administer justice to the punish¬ 
ment of wickedness and vice, and to the main¬ 
tenance of thy true religion and virtue. And 


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173 


make both them and the people to know that 
thou reignest, that so they may seek in all things 
to obey and please Thee, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen, 

Into thy hands, O God, we commend our¬ 
selves, and all who are near and dear to us. 
Take us under the shadow of thy wings, guard 
us against our spiritual foes, and let not the 
wicked approach to hurt us. O Lord, bless us 
and keep us this night without sin. O Lord, 
make thy face to shine upon us, and be gra¬ 
cious unto us, refreshing us with the consola¬ 
tions of thy Spirit, and the comfortable assur¬ 
ance of thy favour and love. O Lord, lift up 
thy countenance upon us, and give rest to our 
bodies and peace to our souls, through the 
merits of Him who died for our reconciliation, 
and left us the promise of peace, thy Son our 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen, 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


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174 


MONDAY MORNING. 


fHonimg morning 

Psalm 63. 

O God, thou art my God ] early will I seek 
thee. 

My soul thirsteth for thee ,* my flesh also 
longeth after thee , in a barren and dry land 
where no water is . 

Thus have I looked for thee in holiness, 
that I might behold thy power and glory; 

For thy loving kindness is better than 
the life itself: my lips shall praise thee . 

As long as I live will I magnify thee in this 
manner, and lift up my hands in thy name. 

My soul shall be satisfied , even as it were 
with marrow and fatness , when my 7 nouth 
praiseih thee with joyful lips . 

Have I not remembered thee in my bed, 
and thought upon thee when I was waking ? 

Because thou hast been my helper ,* there - 
fore under the shadow of thy wings will I 
rejoice . 

My soul hangeth upon thee ; thy right hand 
hath upholden me. 

These also that seek the hurt of my soul , 
they shall go under the earth . 

Let them fall upon the edge of the sword, 
that they may be a portion for foxes. 


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But the King shall rejoice in God ; all 
they also that swear by him shall be commend - 
ed for the mouth of them that speak lies 
shall be stopped . 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Our help is in the name of the Lord ; 

Who made heaven and earth. 

Have mercy upon us, O God, our Saviour: 

And turn away thine anger from us. 

O God, make speed to save us. 

O Lord make haste to help us. 

Most gracious God, the fountain of life and 
peace, of joy and bliss, who fillest heaven with 
thy glory and earth with thy goodness $ we give 
thee most humble and hearty thanks, for that 
thou hast poured out upon us the bounties of 
thy providence, and refreshed us with the com¬ 
forts of thy grace. We praise thee for thy 
preservation of us through the past night and 
the whole course of our lives, for the support 
of every hour and the enjoyments of every day. 


176 MONDAY MORNING. 

Grant, O Lord, that what is sown in mercy 
may spring up in duty, that living here to thy 
glory we may enter finally into thy rest, and 
throughout eternity may show forth thy praise, 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. 

O God, whose blessed Son was manifested, 
that he might destroy the works of the devil, 
and make us the sons of God, and heirs of 
eternal life; grant us, we beseech thee, that 
having this hope, we may purify ourselves even 
as he is pure $ that when he shall appear again 
with power and great glory, we may be made 
like unto him in his eternal and glorious king¬ 
dom ; where with thee, O Father, and thee, O 
Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

O Lord, who hast taught us that all our 
doings without charity are nothing worth; 
send thy Holy Ghost and pour into our 
hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the 
very bond of peace, and of all virtues ; without 
which, whosoever liveth, is counted dead be¬ 
fore thee: Grant this for thine only Son Jesus 
Christ’s sake. Amen. 

O God, in whose sight a meek and quiet 
spirit is of great price, and whose gracious 


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177 


providence has so ordained, that without it we 
cannot pass in peace and safety through the 
turbulent sea of this world to our haven of 
bliss; vouchsafe, we beseech thee, that the 
daily experience of our own weakness and 
vanity may so dispose us to humility and for¬ 
bearance, that our minds may never be dis¬ 
composed with passion nor our tongues break 
forth into violent expressions, but that our tem¬ 
per may be always calm and even, as becomes 
the disciples of Him who was meek and lowly, 
and who left us an example that we should 
follow his steps, thy Son our Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 


A Prayer for Children. 

[O God, who settest open the entrance of 
thy heavenly kingdom to all those who are re¬ 
generated by water and by the Holy Ghost, 
we more especially beseech thee, increase and 
nourish in our dear children the grace which 
thou hast given to them whom thou hast adopt¬ 
ed in baptism to be thine own children, and 
co-heirs with thy Son our Lord in the same 
kingdom; and grant that they being cleansed 
by him from all sins, and adorned with righte¬ 
ousness of life, may be made meet to be par¬ 
takers of those heavenly promises which, by his 
gloi ’ us resurrection, he hath sealed and rati- 


178 


MONDAY MORNING. 


fied to them. Let thy fatherly hand, we 
beseech thee, ever be over them. Let thy 
Holy Spirit ever be with them. And so lead 
them in the knowledge and obedience of thy 
word, that in the end they may obtain ever¬ 
lasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen.\ 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


MONDAY EVENING. 


179 


JHonirag (fining. 

Psalm 86. 

Bow clown thine ear, O Lord, and hear 
me 5 for I am poor and in misery. 

Preserve thou my soul ; for I am holy : 
my God , save thy servant that putteth his 
trust in thee . 

Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I will 
call daily upon thee. 

Comfort the soul of thy servant ; for un¬ 
to thee , O Lord , do I lift up my soul. 

For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, 
and of great mercy unto all them that call 
upon thee. 

Give ear , O Lord , unto my prayer , and 
ponder the voice of my humble desires » 

In the time of my trouble I will call upon 
thee ; for thou hearest me. 

Among the gods there is none like unto 
thee , O Lord ; there is not one that can do 
as thou doest. 

All nations whom thou hast made, shall 
come and worship thee, O Lord; and shall 
glorify thy name. 


180 MONDAY EVENING. 

For thou art great , and doest wondrous 
things: thou art God alone . 

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will 
walk in thy truth: O knit my heart unto thee, 
that I may fear thy name. 

I will thank thee , O Lord my God , with 
all my heart: and will praise thy name for 
ever more . 

For great is thy mercy toward me j and 
thou hast delivered my soul from the nether¬ 
most hell. 

O God , the proud are risen against me 5 
and the congregations of naughty men have 
sought after my soid , and have not set thee 
before their eyes . 

But thou, O Lord God, art full of compas¬ 
sion and mercy, long-suffering, plenteous in 
goodness and truth. 

O turn thee then unto me , and have mer¬ 
cy upon me 5 give thy strength unto thy ser¬ 
vant , and help the son of thine handmaid . 

Show some token upon me for good 5 that 
they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed, 
because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and com¬ 
forted me. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost . 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 


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181 


Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

May we be kept this night from all evil; 

From all our enemies , visible and in¬ 
visible ; 

Through the mercies of God the Father ; 

The merits of God the Son 5 

And the grace of God the Holy Ghost; 

Who, with the Father and the Son , is 
worshipped and glorified , world without end . 

Almighty and everlasting God, who art 
always more ready to hear than we to pray, 
and art wont to give more than either we de¬ 
sire or deserve, pour down upon us the abun¬ 
dance of thy mercy, forgiving us those things 
whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us 
those good things which we are not worthy to 
ask, but through the merits and mediation of 
Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen . 

O God, the protector of all that trust in 
thee, without whom nothing is strong, noth¬ 
ing is holy; increase and multiply upon us 
thy mercy; that thou being our ruler and 
guide, we may so pass through things temporal, 
that we finally lose not the things eternal: 
Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for Jesus 

Christ’s sake our Lord. Amen, 

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182 


MONDAY EVENING. 


O Almighty God, who alone canst order 
the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; 
grant that we may love the thing which thou 
commandest, and desire that which thou dost 
promise $ that so, among the sundry and mani¬ 
fold changes of the world, our hearts may 
surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be 
found, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

Merciful Lord, we beseech thee to cast 
thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, 
that it being instructed by the doctrine of thy 
blessed Apostles and Evangelists, may so walk 
in the light of thy truth, that it may at length 
attain to everlasting life. And we not only 
make request, O Lord, for them that thou hast 
already called to the true understanding of thy 
heavenly will, but for all people and nations of 
the world, who, as they know by thy wonder¬ 
ful works, that thou art God over all, so they 
may be instructed by thy Holy Spirit, to believe 
in thy Son, their only Saviour and Redeemer. 
Raise up for them faithful distributors of thy 
word and mysteries, who, setting apart all 
worldly respects, may, both in their life and 
doctrine, only seek thy glory, and the salvation 
of those to whom they are sent. Save and 
defend, also, we beseech Thee, all Christian 
rulers; inspire them with a true and hearty 


MONDAY EVENING. 183 

zeal for the glory of thy name ; and so give by 
their means to all nations unity, peace, and 
concord, that they may become the kingdoms 
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; who, 
with Thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and 
reigneth in the unity of the only eternal Majes¬ 
ty, God and King for ever, world without end. 
Amen . 

Almighty and everlasting God, we render 
thee most humble and hearty thanks, that thou 
hast vouchsafed of thy mercy and goodness to 
preserve us through the past day ; and we be¬ 
seech thee also, to protect and defend us this 
night from all danger, as well of body as of 
soul, that if it be thy good pleasure to raise us 
up again in health and safety, we may worthily 
praise and joyfully serve thee. And grant that 
after a life spent in thy love and favour, our 
death may be truly Christian 5 free from sin 
and shame; from distraction of mind or sor¬ 
row of spirit ; and so far as thou seest fit from 
suffering and pain. Grant also, O good Lord, 
that we may appear with comfort, and find a 
favourable account at the great and terrible 
tribunal of thy Son Jesus Christ, who, we be¬ 
lieve, will come to be our Judge; so that, 
gathering us to the remainder of thy chosen 
in peace and innocence, we may finally be 


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MONDAY EVENING. 


brought to the full enjoyment of thy heavenly 
kingdom; and with that innumerable company 
before the throne may unceasingly sing praises 
to thy glorious name, who in the unity of the 
Son and Holy Spirit, ever liveth and reigneth 
one God, world without end. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


185 


Suesfrctj) Jltorninj. 

From the 71st Psalm. 

In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust $ let 
me never be put to confusion $ but rid me, and 
deliver me in thy righteousness 5 incline thine 
ear unto me and save me. 

The snares of death compassed me round 
about , and the pains of hell gat hold upon 
me. 

I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I 
will call upon the name of the Lord: O Lord, 
I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 

Gracious is the Lord , and righteous ; 
yea , our God is merciful. 

The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in 
misery, and he helped me. 

Turn again then unto thy rest , O my 
soul, for the Lord hath rewarded thee. 

And why ? thou hast delivered my soul 
from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet 
from falling. 

I will walk before the Lord in the land of 
the living. 

What reward shall I give unto the Lord, 
for all the benefits that he hath done unto me ? 

I will receive the cup of salvation , and 
call upon the name of the Iuord. 

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186 TUESDAY MORNING. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the 
sight of all his people, in the courts of the 
Lord’s house, even in the midst of thee, O Je¬ 
rusalem : praise the Lord. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost $ 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Save thy people, O Lord *, 

And bless thine inheritance $ 

Govern them, and lift them up for ever; 

That they may walk in the light of thy 
countenance. 

Be blessed with the felicity of thy chosen; 

And rejoice in thy presence for ever . 

O God, whose name is excellent in all the 
earth, and thy glory above the heavens, we, 
thy unworthy servants, do humbly present our¬ 
selves before thy divine Majesty, acknowledg¬ 
ing thy power, wisdom, and goodness. By thee 
have we been fearfully and wonderfully made. 
Thou hast fitted us for the enjoyment of all 
things here on earth, and blessed us with the 
hope of a better life to come. Thou hast pro- 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


187 


tected and sustained us ever since we were 
born, amidst the many and great dangers to 
which our frail bodies are exposed $ and gra¬ 
ciously delivered us from the temptations to 
wickedness and vice, which assault and hurt 
the soul. Thou hast brought us to the know¬ 
ledge of the truth, and to a deep sense of thine 
inestimable love in the redemption of the world 
by our Lord Jesus Christ. O make us duly 
thankful for these and all thy other mercies. 
And since, O God, thou hast prepared for 
those who love thee such good things as pass 
man’s understanding, we beseech thee crown 
thy mercy to us, by pouring into our hearts 
such love towards thee, that we loving thee 
above all things, may obtain thy promises 
which exceed all that we can desire, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast 
given unto us thy servants, grace, by the con¬ 
fession of a true faith, to acknowledge the 
glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power 
of the divine Majesty to worship the Unity • 
we beseech thee that thou wouldest keep us 
steadfast in this faith ; and grant us so perfect¬ 
ly, and without all doubt, to believe in every 
mystery of thy Gospel, that our faith in thy 
sight may never be reproved. Save us from 


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TUESDAY MORNING. 


all error, pride, and prejudice, and give us 
godly simplicity and true wisdom, that we may 
embrace whatever is clearly revealed in thy 
holy word, and ever hold fast the blessed hope 
of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in 
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who hast purchased to thyself an Uni¬ 
versal Church by the most precious blood of 
thy dear Son, and hast established therein holy 
mysteries, as pledges of the exceeding great 
love of this our Master and only Saviour, and 
for a continual remembrance of his meritorious 
death to our great and endless comfort $ keep 
us, we beseech thee, steadfast in the fellowship 
of the same. Open our eyes that we may be¬ 
hold the wonders of thy Gospel, and adore the 
steps of thy providence in the government of 
thy people 3 graciously secure us against all 
dimness in our faith and all coldness in our 
charity 5 and beget in us such an holy fervour, 
as may inflame us with the desire to pass from 
the mystical representation of thy love and 
presence here, to the Supper of the Lamb in 
thy heavenly kingdom, where we may eter¬ 
nally behold thee face to face, through the 
same Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen . 



TUESDAY MORNING. 189 

Unto Thee, O God, we commend our 
souls and bodies, for thou hast created and re¬ 
deemed them 5 and together with ourselves, all 
our relations and friends, all our possessions 
and comforts, for all these thou hast gracious¬ 
ly given to thy unworthy servants. Watch 
over us, we beseech thee, this day, and all our 
lives, that we may never sin against thee by 
idleness and folly, by evil company or secret 
faults. Let the employments in which we are 
about to engage, leave no sorrow of spirit, 
or upbraiding of conscience behind them ; but 
let them be holy and profitable, blessed and in¬ 
nocent. O let thy Holy Spirit lead us through 
this vale of misery in righteousness and peace 5 
that when the short and evil days of our pil¬ 
grimage are spent, we may be received into 
paradise, and rest in joyful hope of our perfect 
consummation and bliss in thy eternal and glo¬ 
rious kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


190 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


teslas (fining. 

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry¬ 
ing come unto thee: 

Hide not thy face from me in the time of 
my trouble j incline thine ear unto me when 
I call; O hear me , and that right soon. 

For my wickednesses are gone over my 
head, and are like a sore burden, too heavy for 
me to bear: 

1 am brought into so great trouble and 
misery , that 1 go mourning all the day long. 

God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my 
faults are not hid from thee: 

My heart is disquieted within me , and 
the fear of death is fallen upon me. 

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon 
me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed 
me: 

And I said , O that I had wings like a 
dove j for then would I flee away and be at 
rest. 

Lo, then would I get me away far off, and 
remain in the wilderness: 

I would make haste to escape , because of 
the stormy wind and tempest. 

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful 
unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee \ and 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


191 


under the shadow of thy wings shall be my re¬ 
fuge, until this tyranny be overpast: 

I stretch forth my ha 7 ids unto thee ,• my 
soul gaspeth unto thee, as a thirsty land. 

Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, for my 
spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, 
lest I be like unto them that go down to the 
pit: 

The Lord shall make good his loving 
kindness towards me $ yea, tliy mercy, O 
Lord, endureth for ever $ despise not then 
the work of thine own hands. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

.Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us: 

And grant us thy salvation. 

Turn thy face from our sins: 

And blot out all our iniquities. 

Send us help from thy holy place: 

And evermore mightily defend us. 

O Lord, hear our prayer: 

And let the sighing of the sorrowful come 
before thee. 




192 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


O God the Father everlasting, who didst 
send thine adorable, true, and only Son into 
the world to deliver man, have mercy upon us, 
miserable sinners. 

O Christ, the King of glory, who, when 
thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, 
didst open the kingdom of heaven to all be¬ 
lievers, we pray thee help thy servants whom 
thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood • 
and make us to be numbered with thy saints 
in glory everlasting. 

O Holy Ghost, the Comforter, support and 
strengthen our weak hearts, keep us henceforth 
without sin, govern us, and lift us up for ever. 

O Holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three 
Persons and one God; have mercy upon us. 

Almighty God, give us grace that we may 
cast away the works of darkness, and put upon 
us the armour of light, now in the time of this 
mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came 
to visit us in great humility $ that in the last 
day, when he shall come again in his glorious 
Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we 
may rise to the life immortal, through him who 
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, now and ever. Amen. 

Almighty God, who hast given us thy only 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


193 


begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and 
to be born of a pure Virgin $ grant that we, 
being regenerate and made thy children by 
adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by 
thy Holy Spirit. Direct, sanctify, and govern 
both our hearts and bodies in the ways of thy 
laws and in the works of thy commandments, 
that through thy most mighty protection we 
may be preserved in body and soul. And, as 
by thy special grace preventing us, thou dost 
put into our minds good desires, so by thy con¬ 
tinual help enable us to bring the same to good 
effect, that our hearts and all our members 
being mortified from all worldly and carnal 
lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed 
will, through the same thy Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

O Father of mercies and God of all com¬ 
fort, remember those, we beseech thee, who 
are in adversity and trouble. Grant relief to 
the poor, health to the sick, comfort to the 
sorrowful, and liberty to the prisoners. Look 
with pity upon their sufferings ; consoling them 
with a sense of thy goodness, and enduing them 
with resignation to thy blessed will. And fill 
our hearts with kindness and charity, that, act¬ 
ing as stewards of thy bounty, and ministers of 
thy mercy, we may all be made meet to be 


194 TUESDAY EVENING- 

partakers of the inheritance of the saints in 
light, through the merits and mediation of 
Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen . 

Almighty God and Heavenly Father, who 
hast given to us thy only and most dearly beloved 
Son Jesus Christ, to be our Redeemer and the 
Author of everlasting life, who hast sanctified 
us by thy Holy Spirit, who hast daily poured 
out thy benefits upon us, saved our life from 
destruction, and crowned us with mercy and 
loving-kindness 5 for these great benefits of thy 
unspeakable goodness we praise and magnify 
thy glorious name. Give us grace, we beseech 
Thee, to love thee in return for thy tender 
mercies; to fear thee from an awful sense of 
thy power ; and to commit our souls in well 
doing to thee, O most faithful Creator, from a 
full reliance on thy watchful providence and 
paternal care. Confirm us more and more in 
our devout feelings and holy purposes, by thy 
endearing invitations and heavenly promises5 
by thy word and thy works; and having thus 
attained a peaceful resting and reliance upon 
thee, Lord, let us not at last be disappointed 
of our hope, for the sake of our Advocate and 
Redeemer Jesus Christ. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


WEDNESDAY MORNING. 195 


tDeiu^sirag JlTorning. 

From the 8th Psalm. 

O Lord, our Governor, how excellent is 
thy name in all the world 5 thou that hast set 
thy glory above the heavens! 

Out of the mouth of very babes and such- 
lings hast thou ordained strength , because 
of thine enemies , that thou mightest still the 
enemy and the avenger. 

For I will consider thy heavens, even the 
works of thy fingers; the moon and the stars 
which thou hast ordained. 

What is man , that thou art mindful of 
him ? and the son of man , that thou visitest 
him ? 

Thou madest him lower than the angels, to 
crown him with glory and worship. 

Thou makest him to have dominion 
the works of thy hands : and thou hast put 
all things in subjection under his feet. 

O Lord, our Governor, how excellent is 
thy name in all the world. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 


196 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, ect. 

O God the Father, Creator of the world; 
Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind ; 
Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier and 
Comforter of the faithful 5 
Have mercy upon us. 

O God, the eternal fulness of all perfection, 
the overflowing source of all beings, the boun¬ 
tiful author of all good 5 O God, in whom we 
live, move, and have our being} 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God, who hast made us out of nothing 
after thy own image, who preservest us every 
moment from returning again into nothing ; 
O God, who hast made the world for our use, 
and us for thyself 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God, who hast redeemed us by the death 
of thy Son, and sanctified us by the grace of 
thy Holy Spirit 5 O God, who hast brought us 
to the knowledge of thyself in Christ, and blest 
us with the means of salvation $ 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God, who hast prepared a glorious in¬ 
heritance for those who love thee and keep thy 


WEDNESDAY MORNING. 197 

commandments, whose favour is life, and the 
end and expectation of all our labours ) 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God, the only rest of our wearied souls, 
our chief joy in time and eternity $ O God 5 our 
God, who art all that we can desire 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

From all manner of evil, but especially from 
sin, from all occasions of offending thy Divine 
Majesty, and from the particular temptations 
to which by time, place, or temper, we are 
most exposed 5 

Deliver us , O Lord. 

From the treachery of our own hearts and 
the violence of our passions, from sudden and 
unprovided death here, and from everlasting 
death hereafter; 

Deliver us , O Lord. 

By thy Almighty power and unsearchable 
wisdom, by thy adorable goodness and all thy 
other glorious attributes 5 

Deliver us , O Lord. 

By the mystery of thy holy incarnation and 
humble birth, by the sanctity of thy heavenly 
doctrine, and the perfect example of thy hea¬ 
venly life, and by all the miracles thou didst 
work for us; 

Deliver us , O Lord. 

By the merits of thy bitter passion and pre- 

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198 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

cious death, by thy victorious resurrection from 
the dead, by thy triumphant ascension into 
heaven, and by the glory of thy kingdom, who 
art King of kings and Lord of lords ; in the 
hour of death and in the day of judgment 5 
Deliver us , O Lord. 

Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us 5 
Son of God , we beseech Thee to hear us. 
O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
of the world, 

Grant us thy peace. 

O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
of the world 3 

Have mercy upon us. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 199 


lOeirtusbag (Earning. 

Hear my crying, O God, give ear unto my 
prayer. 

From the ends of the earth will I call 
upon thee , when my heart is in heaviness. 

Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord; 
for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 

Turn thee unto me , and have mercy upon 
me y for I am desolate and in misery. 

The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: O 
bring thou me out of my troubles: 

Look upon my adversity and misery , and 
forgive me all my sin. 

Consider mine enemies how many they are3 
and they bear a tyrannous hate against me. 

O keep my soul and deliver me: let me 
not be confounded , for I have put my trust 
in thee. 

Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait 
upon me 3 for my hope hath been in thee. 

Deliver Israel , O God , out of all his 
troubles. 

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, for 
thou hast considered my trouble, and hast 
known my soul in adversities. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost 3 


200 WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O that my head were waters , 

And mine eyes a fountain of tears; 

That I might weep day and night the loss 
of my time past ; 

And bewail my manifold transgressions. 

We have sinned with our fathers, we have 
sinned: 

We have transgressed against thee , we 
have committed iniquity. 

Spare us, O Lord, for thy mercy’s sake : 

Spare the work of thine own hands. 

Spare us whom thou hast made for the en¬ 
joyment of thyself: 

Spare us whom thou hast redeemed with 
thy most precious blood. 

O Almighty and merciful God, we, misera¬ 
ble sinners, humbly prostrate our souls and 
bodies before the throne of thy adorable Ma¬ 
jesty, accusing and condemning ourselves with 
true and hearty sorrow for all the offences of 
our past lives; and particularly for those we 
have committed this day. We confess them 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 201 

with shame and confusion of face. Have pity 
upon us according to thy great goodness; and 
according to the multitude of thy mercies, blot 
out our transgressions. Forgive them all, O 
Lord, of what kind or degree soever they may 
be, the opportunities of good we have neglect¬ 
ed, and the offences we have committed ; the 
sins of our youth, and the sins of our riper 
years $ the sins of our souls, and the sins of our 
bodies; our secret sins and our more open 
sins 5 our sins of ignorance and surprise, and 
our more deliberate and presumptuous sins 5 
the sins we have done to please ourselves, or 
the sins we have done to please others; the 
sins we know and remember, and. the sins we 
have forgotten 5 the sins we have striven to 
hide from others, and the sins by which we 
have made others offend: forgive them, O Lord, 
forgive them all for his sake, who died for our 
sins and rose again for our justification, and 
now stands at thy right hand to make interces¬ 
sion for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

Most wise and merciful Lord, who hast 
ordained this life as a passage to the next, con¬ 
fining our probation to the time of our pilgrim¬ 
age here, and reserving the state of punishment 
and reward for the world to come 5 give us 
grace so to watch over all our actions, and cor- 


202 WEDNESDAY EVENING* 


rect every deviation in our way to heaven, that 
we may neither be surprised with our sins un¬ 
cancelled, nor our duties imperfect $ but that 
when our bodies go down into the grave, our 
souls may ascend to thee, and dwell for ever in 
the mansions of eternal felicity, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O merciful God, we pray also for thy 
blessing on thy Church Universal. Make its 
members sound in faith and holy in life. Illu¬ 
minate all bishops, priests, and deacons, with 
true knowledge and understanding of thy word, 
that both by their preaching and living they 
may set it forth and show it accordingly $ and 
grant that the people committed to their charge 
may meekly hear thy word, receive it with pure 
affection, and bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, 
for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Advocate 
and Redeemer. Amen . 

And accept, O gracious Father, our eve¬ 
ning sacrifice of praise, for all the mercies and 
blessings of our past lives. Thy daily care 
hath been of us, and our daily praises are due 
unto thee, to whom we owe all that we are, and 
all that we have, the comforts and enjoyments 
of this present life, and the hopes and promises 
of a better life to come. And as thou hast 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 203 


graciously dwelt with us through the day past, 
we humbly beseech thee to watch over us also 
this night. Keep us in safety under the shadow 
of thy wings, refresh us with quiet and com¬ 
fortable rest, and grant that we may rise again 
with thankful hearts, and return with cheerful 
spirits to the duties of our several callings, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord $ to whom with 
thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and 
glory, world without end. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


204 


THURSDAY MORNINGS 


(ftljurstrau ittornmg. 

Psalm 19. 

The heavens declare the glory of God; 
and the firmament showeth his handy work. 

One day telleth another $ and one night 
certifieth another . 

There is neither speech nor language 5 but 
their voices are heard among them. 

Their sound has gone out into all lands $ 
and their words into the ends of the world. 

In them hath he set a tabernacle for the 
sun 5 which cometh forth as a bridegroom out 
of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run 
his course. 

It goeth forth from the uttermost part of 
the heaven , and runneth about unto the end 
of it again : and there is nothing hid from 
the heat thereof 

The law of the Lord is an undefiled law, 
converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord 
is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple. 

The statutes of the Lord are right , and 
rejoice the heart j the commandment of the 
Lord is pure , and giveth light unto the eyes , 

The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth 
for ever 5 the judgments of the Lord are true, 
and righteous altogether. 


THURSDAY MORNING. 205 

More to be desired are they than gold , 
yea , than much fine gold 5 sweeter also than 
honey , and the honey-comb . 

Moreover, by them is thy servant taught; 
and in keeping of them there is great reward. 

Who can tell how oft he offendeth ? O 
cleanse thou me from my secret faults . 

Keep thy servant also from presumptuous 
sins, lest they get the dominion over me. 

Let the words of my mouth , and the me¬ 
ditation of my heart , be alway acceptable in 
thy sight , 

O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer. 

Glory be to the Father , arid to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall he, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, save thy servants: 

That put their trust in thee . 

Show them the light of thy countenance: 

And let thy peace be upon them . 

For thou, O God, art their helper and de¬ 
fender : 

Their glory also , and the lifter up of 
their heads . 


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206 THURSDAY MORNING. 

Thou art always near to relieve the af¬ 
flicted : 

And wilt save the humble of spirit. 

Thou, Lord, raisest those that are fallen : 

And bindest together the broken hearts. 

Show us thy mercy, O Lord, who call on 
thy name: 

And make all them rejoice who lift up 
their souls unto thee. 

Most gracious and blessed Lord, the Fa¬ 
ther of mercy and God of all comfort, we wor¬ 
ship and adore thee with the lowest humility 
of body and soul, and give thee all thanks and 
praise for thine infinite glories and perfections, 
and for the abundance of thy mercies to thy 
unworthy servants. We bless thy holy name 
for having preserved us through the past night 
from the violence of the wicked, and from the 
crafts and assaults of the devil $ from sickness 
of body, and weariness of spirit $ from dangers, 
accidents, and death. In the remembrance of 
our sinfulness and thy great goodness to us, we 
are covered with confusion and shame. We 
have been altogether unworthy of thy favour, 
and only deserved thine indignation and wrath. 
But thy mercy in Christ Jesus our Saviour re¬ 
joicing over judgment, thou hast still continued 
to us life and time of repentance; thou hast 


THURSDAY MORNING. 207 

given to us the means of grace $ thou hast 
opened to us the gates of mercy, and perpetu¬ 
ally called upon us to enter in and to walk in 
the paths of a holy life, that we might glorify 
thee and be glorified of thee for ever and ever, 
through the merits and mediation of the same 
Lord Jesus Christ, our Advocate and Re¬ 
deemer. Amen , 

O God, from whom all holy desires, all 
good counsels, and all just works do proceed ^ 
give unto thy servants that peace which the 
world cannot give 5 that our hearts may be set 
to obey thy commandments, and also that by 
thee, we being defended from the fear of our 
enemies, may pass our time in rest and quiet¬ 
ness. May we enjoy the peace which passeth 
understanding, in the light of thy reconciled 
countenance. May a holy peace for ever dwell 
in our consciences. May domestic peace per¬ 
petually rest in the bosom of this family. May 
there be concord and unity in all Christian as¬ 
semblies, one heart and one voice, the same 
faith, and an eternal charity. And make wars 
to cease in ail the world, that the peaceful de¬ 
sign of thy gospel may be advanced, thy laws 
be universally obeyed, and thy name be mag¬ 
nified by all thy creatures, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


208 THURSDAY MORNING. 

O merciful Saviour, who didst take upon 
thee our nature to redeem us from sin and 
shame, from misery and death 5 who for our 
sakes wert led as a lamb to the slaughter, and 
as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so thou 
openedst not thy mouth : O plant in our hearts 
such gentleness and patience, such forbearance 
and long suffering, that we may never be trans¬ 
ported with violent anger, nor disordered by 
thoughts of malice and revenge. May we re¬ 
ceive with patience all the injuries that shall be 
done to us, and return blessing for cursing, 
good for evil, kind words for foul reproaches, 
gentle treatment for derision and affronts ; that 
living all our days with meekness and charity, 
keeping peace with all men and loving our 
neighbour as ourselves, we may overcome evil 
with good, and at last enter together into the 
mansions of eternal peace and love, where 
thou livest and reignest with the Father, and 
the Holy Ghost for ever and ever. Amen . 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 



THURSDAY EVENING. 


209 


®l)ttrsiraw (Stoning. 

I will cry unto God with my voice \ even 
unto God will I cry with my voice, and he 
shall hearken unto me. 

In the time of my trouble I sought the 
Lord $ my sore ran , and ceased not in the 
night-season j my soul refused comfort. 

When I am in heaviness I will think upon 
God; when my heart is vexed, I will complain. 

Thou boldest mine eyes waking : I am so 
feeble that I cannot speak, 

I have considered the days of old, and the 
years that are past. 

I call to remembrance my song, and in 
the night I commune with mine own heart , 
and search out my spirits. 

Will the Lord absent himself for ever ? and 
will he be no more entreated ? 

Is his mercy clean gone for ever , and is 
his promise come utterly to an end for ever¬ 
more. 

Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? and 
will he shut up his loving-kindness in displea¬ 
sure ? 

And I said , It is mine own infirmity: 
but I will remember the years of the right 

hand of the Most Highest, 

J IS* 


210 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


I will remember the works of the Lord, 
and call to mind the wonders of old time. 

I will think also of all thy works , and 
my talking shall he of thy doings. 

Why art thou so heavy, O my soul ? and 
why art thou so disquieted within me ? 

O put thy trust in God j for I will yet give 
him thanks , which is the help of my counte¬ 
nance , and my God. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost $ 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall he , world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, bless all our kindred and acquaint¬ 
ance : 

And abundantly reward our benefactors 
and friends. 

Bless our enemies and slanderers, and all 
that persecute us and despitefully use us: 

Turn their hearts , O Lord , and make 
them of enemies to become our friends. 

Have mercy on us, thy servants, here as¬ 
sembled in thy presence: 

And guard and defend us from all evil. 

Keep us from the terror and danger of fire : 



THURSDAY EVENING. 211 

And from all the assaults of wicked men , 
and the snares and temptations of the devil. 

Into thy hands we commend our weak 
and wearied bodies: 

O Lord , our refuge , our strength , and 
our Redeemer, 

Into thy hands, O Lord, we commend our 
spirits: 

O bless us , and keep us this night without 

sin. 

Most gracious God, the Fountain of good¬ 
ness and mercy, who desirest not the death of 
a sinner, nor despisest the tears of the penitent, 
receive, we beseech thee, the supplications of 
thy servants, and move our hearts to a true 
contrition, that being pardoned the sins which 
we have presumed to commit, we may be de¬ 
livered from the evils which we deserve to suf¬ 
fer 5 and that, assisted by thy grace and guided 
by thy word, we may pass the residue of our 
days in a more perfect denial of our corrupt 
inclinations and more constant regard to thy 
glorious promises, through our Lord and Sa¬ 
viour Jesus Christ. Amen, 

O blessed Lord, to whom alone do belong 
the issues of life and death, grant that whether 
we live, we may live unto thee, or whether we 


212 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


die, we may die unto thee; that thou mayest 
be glorified both in our bodies and in our souls ; 
that neither life nor death, nor things present 
nor things to come, nor any other creature may 
be able to separate us from the love of thee in 
Christ Jesus our Lord 5 that so when the earth¬ 
ly house of this our tabernacle shall be dissolv¬ 
ed, we may have an house of God not made 
with hands eternal in the heavens, through the 
same thy Son, our only Redeemer and Media¬ 
tor, Jesus Christ. Amen . 

O God our heavenly Father, who hast com¬ 
manded us to love one another as thy children, 
and hast ordained the highest friendship in the 
bond of thy Spirit; we beseech thee, to main¬ 
tain and preserve us always in the same bond, 
to thy glory and our mutual comfort. Grant 
that we may be united together in that love 
which is from above, with all those to whom we 
are bound by any endearing tie either of nature 
or of choice. Look more especially upon all 
the members of this family, guiding us by thy 
counsel and adorning us by thy grace. Give 
us such temporal benefits as shall seem unto 
thee most expedient for us in our several neces¬ 
sities. But above all, send down upon us the 
dew of thy heavenly blessing. Shed the light 
of thy Spirit upon our minds, lead us steadfastly 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


213 


in thy way, and enable us to walk in the same 
all the days of our life ; that we may have joy 
in each other that passeth not away, and hav¬ 
ing lived together in love here according to thy 
commandment, we may live for ever together 
with thee in the glory of thy kingdom hereaf¬ 
ter, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O Father of mercies, and God of all com¬ 
fort, remember every Christian soul bowed down 
with sorrow or sin, and all who stand in need 
of thy mercy and help. Look graciously upon 
the sick and the needy, the lonely and discon¬ 
solate ; upon those who have no settled dwell¬ 
ing while they live, and those who are destitute 
of friends to bury them when they die \ all of 
discontented and disordered minds \ all who la¬ 
bor under any temptation to destroy themselves, 
or are driven to despair of thy mercy. Hear 
the sighs and prayers of the prisoners who are 
condemned to die, and lift up the light of thy 
countenance upon all who are in the valley of 
the shadow of death 5 supporting them in their 
agonies, their weaknesses, and temptations, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O Most gracious God, who hast poured 
out thy benefits upon us, and crowned us with 
mercy and loving-kindness, we praise thy name 


214 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


for all the blessings of this life, and for all thy 
promises of a better life to come. We bless 
thee for our creation and preservation, for the 
support of every hour and the comforts of every 
day. We bless thee for calling us to the know¬ 
ledge of thy will, for redeeming us by the death 
of thy only begotten Son, for giving us the 
means of grace and the hope of glory. O grant 
us such a sense of thine inestimable love, that 
we may live to thy honour here, and enter into 
thy eternal joy hereafter, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


215 


Jriirag Jttorning. 

Psalm 15. 


Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle ? 
or who shall rest upon thy holy hill ? 

Even lie that leadeth an uncorrupt life , 
and doctli the thing which is right , and speak- 
eth the truth from his heart: 

He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, 
nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not 
slandered his neighbour: 

He that setteth not by himself $ but is 
lowly in his own eyes , and maketh much of 
them that fear the Lord : 

He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and 
disappointed! him not, though it were to his 
own hindrance: 

He that hath not given his money upon 
usury , nor taken reward against the inno¬ 
cent . 

Whoso doeth these things shall never fall. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost 5 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 


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FRIDAY MORNING. 


Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God the Father, Creator of the world; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind ] 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier, Comfort¬ 
er, and Perfecter of the faithful 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts; 

Have mercy upon us. 

We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O 
Lord God 5 and that it may please thee to give 
us a true and hearty repentance for all our of¬ 
fences, and to work in us a sincere and effect¬ 
ual resolution to amend our lives for the time 
to come 5 

We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord. 

That it may please thee to pardon the sins 
of our life past, and so to prevent and assist us 
with thy grace while we live here, that we may 
not fail to be eternally happy hereafter 5 

We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord. 

That it may please Thee to have pity on 
the infirmities of our nature, and in all our dan¬ 
gers, temptations and trials, to strengthen and 
relieve us 5 

We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord. 


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That it may please Thee to give us the 
abundance of thy grace $ that seeing our daily 
imperfections, we may quicken our diligence, 
humble our lofty thoughts, and learn to depend 
on thee for thy governance, and to pray unto 
thee for thy succour and support 3 

We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord . 
That acknowledging all we have here is de¬ 
rived from thy unmerited bounty, we may de¬ 
light to praise and glorify thee, and above all 
thy benefits, love thee our benefactor; 

We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord, 
That knowing all we hope for hereafter 
proceeds from thy free and gracious promises, 
we may faithfully endeavour to serve and please 
thee, and to make ourselves meet for the inher¬ 
itance of the saints in light; 

We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord . 
That believing thou governest the world by 
thy providence, we may humbly and thankfully 
accept the condition of life thou assignest us 
therein, and not murmur at the part thou givest 
us to act, but strive to fulfil and adorn it 5 
We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord, 
That we may religiously observe the rules 
and duties of our several stations, and content¬ 
edly submit to the trials of our lot, cheering 
ourselves with the glad hope that if we be pa- 


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tient and holy here, we shall be happy and 
glorious hereafter ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord. 

That we may live in peace and charity with 
all the world, and more especially among our¬ 
selves ; united into one family, patiently for¬ 
bearing, freely forgiving, and readily assisting 
one another 5 

We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord. 

That in the midst of our daily business we 
may often lift up our hearts to heaven, and 
thereby comfort and refresh our spirits, and 
increase our desires of a blessed eternity $ 

We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord. 

That whether we sleep or wake, we may 
be safe under thy protection, who never slum- 
berest nor sleepest; and whether we live or 
die, we may always be thine ; 

We beseech Thee to hear us , O Lord. 

Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us; 

Son of God , we beseech Thee to hear us. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world 5 

Grant us thy peace. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


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Jrifrcm Criming. 

From the 32d Psalm. 

Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is 
forgiven, and whose sin is covered. 

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord 
imputeih no sin , and in whose spirit there is 
no guile . 

For whilst I held my tongue, my bones 
consumed away through my daily complaining. 

For thy hand is heavy upon me day and 
night , and my moisture is like the drought 
in summer . 

I will acknowledge my sin unto thee $ and 
mine unrighteousness have 1 not hid. 

I said , I will confess my sins unto the 
Lord; and so thou forgavest the wickedness 
of my sin . 

Thou art a place to hide me in $ thou shalt 
preserve me from trouble $ thou shalt compass 
me about with songs of deliverance. 

Great plagues remain for the ungodly $ 
hut whoso putteth his trust in the Lord , 
mercy emhraceth him on every side . 

Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the 
Lord ; and be joyful, all ye that are true of 
heart. 


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Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost j 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Have mercy, O Lord, on the helpless and 
afficted : 

And hear their prayers when they cry 
unto thee. 

Turn not thy face away from them, O 
Lord: 

Bid behold their humiliation and sorrow , 
and forgive them all their sins. 

Enlighten them when they sit in darkness: 

And forsake them not in the valley of the 
shadow of death. 

Sustain and cheer them in the weakness 
and agony of their last hour : 

And give them , with thy faithful , eternal 
rest and peace in thy heavenly kingdom. 

O Almighty and eternal God, whose gra¬ 
cious wisdom vouchsafes to command such 
things as are necessary to fit us for everlasting 
bliss, and forbid such as are apt to render us 
eternally unhappy \ we miserable sinners, hum- 


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bly prostrate our souls and bodies before thy 
most adorable Majesty, and with a true and 
hearty sorrow acknowledge our manifold trans¬ 
gressions of thy righteous laws. We confess, 
O Lord God, that we have grievously sinned 
against thee in thought, word, and deed. En¬ 
ter not, we beseech thee, into judgment with 
thy servants, for in thy sight no man living 
shall be justified $ but graciously hear the pray¬ 
ers and supplications which we now offer unto 
thee, and when thou hearest forgive. Have 
mercy upon us according to thy great goodness, 
and blot out all our iniquities, for the merits of 
our Advocate and Redeemer Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

O Lord, who for our sakes didst fast forty 
days and forty nights, and by thy blessed ex¬ 
ample hast taught us to follow thy steps, enable 
us by the due mortification of our carnal appe¬ 
tites and inordinate desires, so to lighten the 
weight of our corrupt bodies which press down 
the soul, as to quicken our devout affections 
and dispose us for meditation and prayer: and 
give us grace to use such abstinence, that our 
flesh being subdued to the spirit, we may ever 
obey thy godly motions in righteousness and 
true holiness, to thy honour and glory, who 
livest and reignest with the Father and the 


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FRIDAY EVENING. 


Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. 
Amen . 

G God, who knowest whereof we are made, 
and rememberest that we are but dust, look 
down with pity and compassion upon thy ser¬ 
vants, whose days pass away like a tale that is 
told, and as the remembrance of a guest that 
tarrieth but a night. Suffer us not to walk in 
a vain show, nor to disquiet ourselves in vain • 
but so teach us to number the days of our pil¬ 
grimage which are few and evil, as that we 
may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Guide 
us by thy Holy Spirit in the ways of peace. 
Enable us to die daily unto sin and to live unto 
righteousness 5 that being weaned from this 
world, our affections and conversation may be 
in heaven. And grant that when we shall have 
served thee in our generation, and been gather¬ 
ed unto our fathers, our souls may rest in the 
bosom of paradise, and our bodies be awakened 
and glorified at the resurrection of the just, 
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen . 

Almighty God, with whom do live the 
spirits of those who are departed in the true 
faith of thy holy name, we humbly beseech 
thee, that in the loss of our friends who have 
died in the Lord, we may not sorrow as others 


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who are without hope. O may we realize, in 
some measure, the blessedness of their change. 
May we find a solace and support in the com¬ 
fortable assurance, that through thine only 
begotten Son Jesus Christ, who has overcome 
death, their vile bodies shall be changed and 
made like unto his own most glorious body $ that 
through the grave and gate of death they shall 
pass to their joyful resurrection ; that they rest 
from their labours and their works do follow 
them 5 that delivered from the burden of the 
flesh, they have entered into the felicity of thy 
chosen; and that received into paradise, they 
wait with the spirts of the just, in joyful expec¬ 
tation of their perfect consummation and bliss 
in thy eternal and everlasting glory. Most 
thankfully, therefore, do we praise thee, for 
their gracious lives and deaths here, and for the 
glorious crowns with which they are recom¬ 
pensed in thy kingdom; beseeching thee to 
give us grace so to follow their good examples, 
that we living and dying like them, may togeth¬ 
er with them be partakers also of thy heavenly 
kingdom, and be numbered with these thy holy 
ones in glory everlasting. Grant this, O Fa¬ 
ther, for the merits of Jesus Christ, our only 
Mediator and Advocate. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


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SATURDAY MORNING. 


Baturiag Morning. 

From the 104th Psalm. 

Praise the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my 
God, thou art become exceeding glorious, thou 
art clothed with majesty and honour. 

Thou deckest thyself with light as it were 
with a garment , and spreadest out the hea¬ 
vens like a curtain. 

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in 
the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, 
and walketh upon the wings of the wind. 

He maketh his angels spirits , and his 
ministers a flaming fire. 

He laid the foundations of the earth, that it 
never should move at any time. 

Thou coveredst it with the deep like as 
with a garment $ the waters stand in the 
hills. 

At thy rebuke they flee ; at the voice of thy 
thunder they are afraid. 

They go up as high as the hills , and down 
to the valleys beneath 5 even unto the place 
which thou hast appointed for them. 

Thou hast set them their bounds, which they 
shall not pass, neither turn again to coyer the 
earth. 


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He sendeth the springs into the rivers , 
which run among the hills . 

All the beasts of the field drink thereof, and 
the wild asses quench their thirst 

Beside them shall the fowls of the air 
have their habitation , and sing among the 
branches . 

He watereth the hills from above ; the earth 
is filled with the fruit of thy works. 

He bringeth foi'th grass for the cattle , 
and green herb for the service of men . 

That he may bring food out of the earth, 
and wine that maketh glad the heart of man: 
and oil to make him a cheerful countenance, 
and bread to strengthen man’s heart 

O Lord , how manifold are thy works) in 
wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth 
is full of thy riches . 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost 5 

As it was in the beginning , is now } and 
ever shall be , world without end . Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, bless this family: 

And may thy peace evermore be with us. 

Preserve us in our going out and coming in: 


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O Lord , our refuge and defence. 

Keep us from the arrow that flieth by 
night: 

And from the sickness that destroyeth at 
noon-day. 

Into thy hands, O Lord, we commend our 
bodies and souls: 

For thou hast redeemed us , thou God of 
truth. 


Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, 
which was, and is, and is to come. Heaven 
and earth, angels and men, give glory and ho¬ 
nour, thanksgiving and praise, unto Him who 
sitteth on the throne, and liveth for ever and 
ever. The blessed spirits and souls of the 
righteous cast their crowns before the throne, 
and worship Him who liveth for ever and ever. 
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and 
honour, and power; for thou hast created all 
things, and for thy pleasure they are and were 
created. Great and marvellous are thy works, 
O Lord God Almighty. Just and true are thy 
ways, thou King of saints. Unsearchable in 
wisdom, infinite in mercy, glorious in holiness, 
we are not worthy, O Lord, to appear in thy 
presence, before whom the angels hide their 
faces, and the heavens are not clean. But since 
thou deignest to accept the unworthy oblation 



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of thy sinful creatures, receive, we beseech 
thee, our unfeigned thanks and praise for all 
the blessings and favours by which we have been 
supported and comforted in this life, and for all 
the graces and mercies by which we are ena¬ 
bled to prepare ourselves for a holier and hap¬ 
pier life in the world to come. And we offer 
up our souls and bodies, all that we are and all 
that we have, as a sacrifice to thee and thy 
service, humbly beseeching thee to pardon all 
our sins, to defend us from all evil, to lead us 
into all good, to guide us here by thy counsel, 
and finally to receive us to glory, through the 
merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 

O Almighty God, the Creator and Gover¬ 
nor of the universe, who hast so disposed all 
things as may best glorify thy wisdom, serve 
the ends of thy justice, and magnify thy mercy $ 
and who by secret and undiscernible ways 
bringest good out of evil, we humbly beseech 
thee to give us wisdom from above, that we 
may reverence thee in thy judgments and adore 
thy footsteps which are in the great deep, and 
cannot be searched out. Teach us to submit 
to thy providence in all things, to be content in 
all the changes of our condition, to be temper¬ 
ate in prosperity, meek, patient, and resigned in 


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adversity, and to look through the cloud of 
darkness and trouble for the light and consola¬ 
tion which thou in thy mercy vouchsafest to 
them that love thee. And grant, that in all 
our afflictions we may fly unto thee for succour 
aud support 5 that we may wait for deliverance 
in such times and manners as thou hast reserved 
in thine own power, and graciously dispensest 
according to thine infinite wisdom and coim 
passion ; and that, in the mean time, doing our 
duty with an unwearied diligence and an undis¬ 
turbed composure, our affections may be grad¬ 
ually weaned from the vanities and possessions 
of this world, and steadfastly fixed on that 
place were true joys are alone to be found, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O great and glorious God, the sovereign 
Judge of all mankind, whose anger is always 
the minister of justice, not lightly arising but 
falling heavily when it comes$ give us with 
resignation to thy will, a meek and gentle 
spirit, that we also may be slow to anger and 
ever disposed to mercy and forgiveness. Grant 
us such wisdom and forbearance, as that we 
may not be moved with every trifling mistake 
and inconsiderable offence in the conversation 
and intercourse of others, nor moved to an in¬ 
temperate anger for any injury that is done to 


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us , but let it ever be upon a just cause, mea¬ 
sured with moderation and reason, expressed 
with charity and prudence, and lasting no long¬ 
er than it hath done some good either upon 
ourselves or others. Grant this through the 
Son of thy love, who received evil with pa¬ 
tience, while he went about doing good, and by 
whom thou art reconciled to mankind, our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


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230 


SATURDAY EVENING. 


Saturitog Gfoening. 

Psalm 130. 

Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O 
Lord; Lord, hear my voice. 

O let thine ears consider well the voice of 
my complaint. 

If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark 
what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it ? 

For there is mercy with thee 5 therefore 
shalt thou he feared. 

I look for the Lord ; my soul doth wait for 
him ; in his word is my trust. 

My soul fieeth unto the Lord before the 
morning-watch , I say before the morning- 
watch. 

O Israel, trust in the Lord 5 for with the 
Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous 
redemption. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord, pardon our sins of weakness and 
surprise: 


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Pardon our sins of wilfulness and ma¬ 
lice. 

Keep us from relapsing into the sins of 
which we have repented : 

And from our lying in sins without re¬ 
pentance. 

Make us so grieve for our sins, that we 
may hate them : 

And hate them so , that we may forsake 
them. 

Check our unruly passions with thy holy 
fear: 

And guide us in the ways of truth and 
peace. 

That we may turn to thee with all our 
heart: 

And bring forth fruits meet for repent¬ 
ance. 

O merciful God, who wouldest not the 
death of a sinner, but rather that he should 
turn from his wickedness and live ; look down 
with pity and compassion upon thy servants, 
weak and miserable, sinful and ignorant, not 
able to escape death without a Saviour, nor to 
live a life of holiness without thy Spirit. O be 
graciously pleased to enlighten our minds and 
to sanctify our hearts. Break off the bands 
and fetters of our sins, correct our evil inclina- 


232 SATURDAY EVENING. 

tions, renew a right spirit within us, and vouch¬ 
safe us comfort and peace. And enable us to 
serve thee for the time to come with greater 
devotion and fervour, than we have sinned 
against thee with pleasure and delight; that 
being made partakers of thy holiness here, we 
may be admitted to the blessedness and glory 
of thy heavenly kingdom hereafter, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O God, who in thine infinite wisdom didst 
appoint one day in seven as a season of repose 
for our weary bodies, and didst also hallow it 
for the sanctification of our souls; grant that 
we may devoutly observe the same, as a sign 
between thee and us of thy power and goodness 
in the creation of the world, and as a memorial 
of thy mercy and loving-kindness to us, in the 
resurrection from the dead of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. And we most humbly beseech thee, 
that we may so use these seasons of rest and 
public worship in this life, as finally to attain 
that eternal rest which remaineth for thy peo¬ 
ple in the life to come. Prepare us for the 
celebration of thy holy day, by setting our affec¬ 
tions on things above, and as it is an emblem, 
may it also be to us a foretaste of heaven. 
May we banish from our minds the cares and 
anxieties of the world. May we frequent thy 


SATURDAY EVENING. 


233 


temple with holy thoughts and pious resolutions. 
May our devotions be undisturbed, either by 
the remembrance of our troubles or pleasures. 
May thy word enter into our hearts, and bring 
forth in us the fruits of good living; that being 
in some measure conformed to thy will, and 
striving to be holy as thou art holy, and perfect 
as thou art perfect, we may pass from sin to 
grace, from sorrow to joy, from death to life, 
from the misery and imperfection of this pre¬ 
sent state to the glorious inheritance of the 
children of light, through the merits of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen . 

O God, who gatherest thy flock out of all 
nations into the saving fold of one holy Catho¬ 
lic Church, which thou hast purchased by the 
precious blood of thy dear Son, and who in thy 
providence hast graciously ordained pastors 
therein to feed thy sheep; let thy continual 
pity cleanse and defend the same, and because 
without thee it cannot continue in safety, pre¬ 
serve it evermore by thy help and goodness. 
Govern the minds of thy servants the bishops, 
that they may never lay hands suddenly on any 
man, but may always make a wise and faithful 
choice of fit and worthy persons to serve in the 
ministry of thy Church. Bless both them and 
their clergy with courage, and prudence, and 


234 SATURDAY EVENING. 

fatherly care to edify and guard the people 
committed to their charge. Bless also all the 
faithful with an humble, filial love, and due 
obedience for thy sake to those whom thou hast 
set over them in the Lord, and who watch for 
their souls as they that must give an account $ 
that so the power of the gospel and the beauty 
of holiness daily increasing in thy Church, we 
may all come at last into the way of truth, and 
hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of 
peace, and in righteousness of life, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O Lord, our heavenly Father, by whose 
almighty power we have been preserved this 
day 5 by thy great mercy defend us from all 
perils and dangers of this night. Keep us from 
all disquieting thoughts and anxious cares, and 
grant us such peaceful and refreshing repose, 
as may fit us for the duties of the following day. 
And whether we sleep or wake, live or die, may 
we be thy servants and thy children ; so that 
when the work of our life is done, we may rest 
from our labours and enter into the joy of our 
Lord. Grant this for the sake of our Advocate 
and Redeemer Jesus Christ. Amen. 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


SUNDAY MORNING. 


235 


FOURTH WEEK. 

Smtirag illormng. 

Psalm 48. 

Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised 
in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill. 

The hill of Sion is a fair place , and the 
joy of the whole earth ; upon ike north side 
lieth the city of the great King ; God is well 
known in her palaces as a sure refuge . 

For lo, the kings of the earth are gathered, 
and gone by together. 

They marvelled to see such things ; they 
were astonished , and suddenly cast down . 

Fear came there upon them; and sorrow, 
as upon a woman in her travail. 

Thou shall break the ships of the sea 
through the east wind . 

Like as we have heard, so have we seen in 
the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our 
God; God upholdeth the same for ever. 

We wait for thy loving kindness , O God , 
in the midst of thy temple . 

O God, according to thy name, so is thy 
praise unto the world’s end; thy right hand is 
full of righteousness. 

Let the mount Sion rejoice , and the 



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SUNDAY MORNING. 


daughter of Judah be glad , because of thy 

judgments . 

Walk about Sion, and go round about her ; 
and tell the towers thereof. 

Mark well her bulwarks , set up her 
houses , that ye may tell them that come after . 

For this God is our God for ever and ever: 
He shall be our guide unto death. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost $ 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Oar Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Heavenly F atiier who didst translate the 
sacred rest of the Sabbath to this day, to make 
it a refreshment after labour, an interval of re¬ 
cruit to our feeble and wearied bodies, a con¬ 
stant return of thy solemn worship in the assem¬ 
blies of the saints, and the house where thine 
honour dwelleth, and a figure and a pledge of 
that better rest hereafter, which still remaineth 
to the people of God; grant us so to use these 
days of rest and of public worship, in this life, 
that we fail not of a part in thy eternal rest, and 
in the continual hymns of angels and blessed 
spirits in the life to come. 


SUNDAY MORNING. 


237 


O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst suffer death 
for our redemption, and on this day didst rise 
again for our justification, raise up our souls 
unto newness of life, and make us perfect in 
every good work. 

O Holy Ghost, who didst also on this day 
descend in miraculous gifts on the apostles, 
leave us not comfortless, but sanctify and bless 
us with thy heavenly grace. 

Most great and glorious God who lookest 
down from heaven, and fashionest the hearts of 
men, and considerest all their works , suffer not 
the vanities of this world to divert us from the 
duties in which we are about to be engaged, 
quicken our soul which cleaveth unto the dust, 
spiritualize our grovelling affections, and re¬ 
strain the looseness and wanderings of our 
thoughts. Fill us with reverence and awe in 
thy immediate presence, and with apprehen¬ 
sions and feelings becoming the solemnity of 
thy worship and the holiness of thy house. Let 
our meditations be attended with suitable affec¬ 
tions. Let all flesh be silent before thee. Let 
thy Spirit rest upon us, and let this season be 
improved sincerely and uprightly, with all our 
soul and strength, to thy honour and praise and 
our own unspeakable advantage, in the day 
when thou shalt judge the secrets of men’s 



238 SUNDAY MORNING. 

hearts by Jesus Christ; who with thee and the 
Holy Ghost, ever liveth and reigneth one God, 
world without end. Amen . 

And O merciful Lord let the prayers and 
sacrifices of thy Holy Catholic Church which 
may this day be offered unto thee be graciously 
accepted. Accompany thine own institutions 
with thine own blessings. Let thy priests be 
clothed with righteousness and let thy saints sing 
with joyfulness, and pardon all thy people who 
are not prepared according to the preparation 
of the sanctuary. Accept our supplications for 
all states and conditions of men. Give thy Son 
the heathen for his inheritance and the utmost 
parts of the earth for his possession. Prosper 
the endeavours of all those who are lawfully 
engaged in propagating thy truth throughout 
the world, that thy way may be known upon 
earth and thy saving health among all nations. 
Scatter the enemies of thy Church who delight 
in blood, bring back those who have strayed 
from thy fold, and grant that all who confess 
thy holy name may agree in the truth of thy 
holy word and live in unity and godly love ; de¬ 
voutly serving thee in all good works, and adorn¬ 
ing thy doctrine in all things, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 



SUNDAY MORNING. 


239 


H Or the following Litany may be used. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God the Father, Creator of the world; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier and Com¬ 
forter of the faithful ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Sacred Trinity, three persons and one 
God 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

From the dangers most justly threatening 
our sins ; 

O Lord deliver us. 

From levity, profaneness, and contempt of 
thy word and commandment 5 

O Lord deliver us. 

From pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy 5 from 
coldness and formality in thy service 5 from 
fanaticism, presumption, and intolerant zeal 5 

O Lord deliver us. 

From all false doctrine, heresy, and schism 5 
and from all blindness of mind and hardness of 
heart; 

O Lord deliver us. 

From proudly relying on our own private 
opinions, and contemning the authority of thy 
catholic Church 5 



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SUNDAY MORNING. 


O Lord deliver us. 

From gluttony, drunkenness, and all the 
freedom of an undisciplined life 5 

O Lord deliver us. 

That it may please thee to hasten the con¬ 
version of all among us who have gone astray, 
and re-unite them to the ancient faith and com¬ 
munion of thy Church 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it may please thee particularly to have 
mercy on our relations, benefactors, and friends, 
and open their eyes to see the beauty of thy 
truth, and their hearts to embrace it; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it may please thee to comfort and 
strengthen thy servants, who in any way suffer 
for the primitive faith 5 and not to permit the 
weakest of us, by any temptation, to fall away 
from thee and thy truth 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it may please thee to assist with thy 
special grace those faithful pastors who labour 
in season and out of season, and expose their 
lives for the salvation of their flock, and daily 
increase in them the fire of thy love ; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it may please thee to preserve the 
members of thy Church from all sin and scan¬ 
dal, and so to adorn our lives with thy grace, 


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that our enemies seeing our good works may 
glorify thee our Father in heaven $ 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it may please thee to enlighten the 
minds of all who are perverted by error, pre¬ 
sumption, and pride, and to lead them back in¬ 
to the way of truth ; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it would please thee mercifully to 
bring to our remembrance the tears of the af¬ 
flicted and the labours of thy saints, who spent 
their lives and suffered death to convert the 
world to thy faith, and thus still, as of eld, to 
make the blood of the martyrs the seed of the 
Church 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world 5 

Grant us thy peace. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world 5 

Hare mercy upon us. 

Almighty and everlasting God, whose judg¬ 
ments are righteous, and counsels unsearchable, 
who visitest the iniquities of the parents upon 
the children, to the third and fourth generation, 
and yet at length rememberest mercy; forgive, 
we beseech thee, the sins of our forefathers, 

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and turn away thy wrath from their posterity. 
Deliver the ignorant from being seduced by 
false teachers, and the learned from being abus¬ 
ed by their passions, and the whole nation from 
the spirit of contradiction, licentiousness and 
discord ; that instead of so many divisions and 
changes in religion under which they labour, 
they may at length be restored to that unity of 
mind, steadiness of faith, and tranquillity of con¬ 
science, which is nowhere to be sought but in 
the communion of thy Church, nor possible to 
be found but by the conduct of thy grace : and 
this we ask for the sake of the Author and 
Finisher of our faith, our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. Amen . 

O eternal God, who in the great deluge of 
heresy and schism which is so widely spread 
over the face of this land, hast vouchsafed to 
select a small number for thyself, and save them 
in thy holy ark from the general inundation $ 
we praise and glorify thy infinite goodness, by 
which alone we enjoy the comfort of a firm 
and settled belief, free from inconstancy, dis¬ 
quietude, and doubt. Make us sensible, O 
Lord, of these thy unspeakable blessings, that, 
as we know thee by a sure faith, we may love 
thee with a perfect charity, and, fixing all our 


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hopes on the joys of the future life, patiently 
suffer what thou permittest here, and still press 
on to what thou promisest hereafter, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 



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Stmirau (Burning. 

Psalm 121. 

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from 
whence cometh my help. 

My help cometh even from the Lord , who 
hath made heaven and earth . 

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved $ and 
he that keepeth thee will not sleep. 

Behold , he that keepeth Israel shall nei¬ 
ther slumber nor sleep . 

The Lord himself is thy keeper ; the Lord 
is thy defence upon thy right hand; 

So that the sun shall not burn thee by day , 
neither the moon by night . 

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil • 
yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. 

The Lord shall preserve thy going out 
and thy coming in , from this time forth for 
evermore . 

Psalm 122. 

I was glad when they said unto me, We 
will go into the house of the Lord. 

Our feet shall stand in thy gates , O Je¬ 
rusalem. 

Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity 
in itself. 


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For thither the tribes go up , even the 
tribes of the Lord, to testify unto Israel , to 
give thanks unto the name of the Lord . 

For there is the seat of judgment, even the 
seat of the house of David, 

O pray for the peace of Jerusalem ,; they 
shall prosper that love thee . 

Peace be within thy walls, and plenteous¬ 
ness within thy palaces. 

For my brethren and companions ’ sakes , 
I will wish thee prosperity . 

Yea, because of the house of the Lord our 
God, I will seek to do thee good. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O most holy and merciful God, who art of 
purer eyes than to behold iniquity, but hast 
graciously promised to all those who confess 
and forsake their sins, perfect remission and for¬ 
giveness; we, miserable offenders, in a deep 
sense of our own unworthiness and an humble 
dependence on thy mercy and truth, prostrate 
ourselves at the footstool of thy grace, confessing 



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and bewailing our manifold trangressions of thy 
righteous laws. We acknowledge, O Lord, 
that we have frequently and grievously sinned 
by our evil thoughts, our vain and idle words, 
our sensual and ungodly deeds, which we from 
time to time have committed against thee. We 
have resisted the checks of our own conscience, 
and transgressed the precepts of thy holy laws. 
We have too often been remiss and negligent in 
thy service, impure and unhallowed in thy sanc¬ 
tuary, heedless and inattentive to thy word, cold 
and heartless in our praises, dull, earthly, and 
distracted in our prayers $ so that we have just 
reason to beg forgiveness of thee for the blem¬ 
ishes and imperfections in our holiest deeds. 
We lament our frailty, O God, and repent us of 
our sins. Lay not to our charge what we have 
done amiss or what we have omitted to do, but 
pardon it all, for the merits of our Advocate 
and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen . 

Behold O God, we humbly beseech thee, 
our humiliation and repentance for the negli¬ 
gences and offences of this day, and all the sins 
of our past life. Accept our hearty resolutions, 
in dependence on thy grace, of a fuller obedi¬ 
ence for the time to come, and whatsoever 
good work thou hast begun in us, be graciously 
pleased to accomplish and perfect it unto the 


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day of the Lord Jesus. Thou knowest our 
weakness and the strength of the temptations 
which daily beset us. O leave us not to our¬ 
selves, but cover thou our head in the day of 
battle and make us more than conquerors 
through Him who loved us. Let not the terrors 
or allurements of the world, nor the deceitful¬ 
ness of our own hearts, betray us again into 
sin, but grant that we may be stedfast, unmove¬ 
able, always abounding in the work of the 
Lord, and finally obtain the crown of life which 
thou hast promised to them who are faithful 
unto death, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 

To our prayers, O Lord, we add our unfeign¬ 
ed thanks for all thy mercies. We bless and 
praise thee for making us capable of loving and 
serving thee, for bringing us to the knowledge of 
thy will, for vouchsafing us the means of grace 
and the hope of glory. We bless thee for the 
sense which thou hast given us of our duty to¬ 
wards thee, and for the strength and power by 
which we are enabled to perform it. We bless 
thee for thy patience with us, notwithstanding 
our many and great provocations, and for thy 
goodness in pardoning our sins and receiving us 
to thy favour after all our abuse of thy mercies. 
Grant, we beseech thee, that we may henceforth 


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walk worthy of thine inestimable love, and live 
as becomes the ransomed of the Lord, through 
the merits of Jesus Christ, our Advocate and 
Redeemer. Amen . 

And since thou hast preserved us from the 
dangers of the day past, and been our support 
from our youth up even until now, take us, we 
beseech thee, under the shadow of thy wings, 
and keep us in safety, comfort, and peace. 
Let us remember thy name in the night sea¬ 
son, and commune with our own hearts and 
search out our spirits, that we may rise again 
with purer minds and firmer resolutions to 
serve thee in all sober and godly conversation, 
through the grace and assistance of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


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249 


Jtlonhat) Jltonting. 

Psalm 1. 

Blessed is the man that hath not walked 
in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the 
way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of 
the scornful: 

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, 
and in his law will he exercise himself day 
ayid night. 

And he shall be like a tree planted by the 
water-side, that will bring forth his fruit in due 
season: 

Mis leaf also shall not wither: and look, 
whatsoever he doeth it shall prosper. 

As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; 
but they are like the chaff, which the wind 
scattereth aw ay from the face of the earth. 

\Therefore the ungodly shall not he able 
to stand in the judgment, neither the sinners 
in the congregation of the righteous. 

But the Lord kuoweth the way of the right¬ 
eous 5 and the way of the ungodly shall perish. 

Glory he to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 


250 


MONDAY MORNING. 


Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God the Father, Creator of the world; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier and Com¬ 
forter of the faithful$ 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Sacred Trinity, three persons and one 
God 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

Behold we were shapen in iniquity, and in 
sin did our mother conceive us \ 

Have mercy upon us. 

As we have grown in years, we have multi¬ 
plied the number of our offences \ and every 
day thy goodness adds to our lives our wicked¬ 
ness increases the load of our transgressions \ 

Have mercy upon us. 

The law in our members, warring against 
the law of our mind, brings us into captivity to 
the law of sin, so that the good which we would, 
we do not, and the evil which we would not, 
that we do} 

Have mercy upon us. 

We have sinned in the vain thoughts and 
unlawful desires of our hearts, in the idle talk 


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251 


and perverse words of our mouth, in the wick¬ 
ed works and fruitless course of our lives 3 
Have mercy upon us. 

We have sinned against thee by our ingrat¬ 
itude for thy blessings, and by our impatience 
under thy chastisements, by preferring ourselves 
and the satisfaction of our own inordinate ap¬ 
petites and desires before thee, and the ob¬ 
servance of thy holy commandments 3 
Have mercy upon us. 

We have sinned against others in not doing 
to them as we would have them do to us, and 
against our own souls, in pursuing more eager¬ 
ly the things of this life than those which belong 
to our eternal felicity 3 
Have mercy upon us. 

We have sinned in delaying our repentance, 
and breaking the solemn promises of amending 
our lives 3 in exposing ourselves to the danger 
of temptation, and to too often omitting the op¬ 
portunities of serving thee 5 and even our best 
endeavors are full of imperfections 3 
Have mercy upon us. 

We have sinned in not profiting as we ought 
by the talents of grace and nature, which thy 
bounty hath committed to us for our improve¬ 
ment, and idly spending that precious time and 
unthankfully neglecting those gracious means 


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MONDAY MORNING. 


which thy goodness allows us for the work of 
our salvation. 

Have mercy upon us. 

Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father, 
and according to the multitude of thy mercies 
pardon the multitude of our offences. Re¬ 
member that we are but as the grass of the 
field, or a vapour that appeareth for a little time 
and then vanisheth away. Remember what 
thou art $ infinitely glorious in thyself, and in¬ 
finitely good to the least of thy creatures. 
Remember thy gracious promises in Jesus 
Christ; and for the merits of his sacred passion, 
from all our sins, 

O Lord deliver us. 

From the evils of this present world ; from 
war, pestilence, and famine ; from all disastrous 
mischances in mind, body, or estate 5 from 
sudden death, and all thy other heavy judg¬ 
ments $ 

O Lord deliver us. 

From the evils of the world to come ; from 
the dreadful sentence of condemnation, and 
the chains of everlasting darkness 5 from the 
worm that dieth not, and the fire that shall 
never be quenched; 

O Lord deliver us. 

Fiom the evil of sin, the only cause of all 
misery; from the temptations to which, by 


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253 


nature or custom, we are most exposed; from 
ignorance of thy will, and neglect of what we 
know to be our duty ; 

O Lord deliver us. 

From pride, covetousness, and hardness of 
heart $ from intemperance, gluttony, and lust; 
from envy, hatred, and malice 5 from a slothful 
coldness in what concerns our salvation, and 
from those enormous sins that cry to heaven 
for vengeance ; 

O Lord deliver us. 

From slander, rash judgment, and flattery 5 
from self-love, vain-glory, and hypocrisy ; from 
stubbornness, and irreverence towards those 
that are above us } from the disdain and op¬ 
pression of such as are below us 5 from the 
great guilt of inducing others to sin, and from 
the unhappiness of being perverted ourselves; 

O Lord deliver us. 

From error, heresy, and schism; from 
denying thee before men, for worldly respects ; 
from new and factious interpretations of thy 
word \ and from proudly preferring our private 
conceits before the judgments of thy Church, 
which is the witness and keeper of holy writ; 

O Lord deliver us. 

From relapsing into the sins of which we 
have repented, or contracting any customary 

habit of vice; from provoking thy justice by 

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254 


MONDAY MORNING. 


presumption, or offending thy mercy by de¬ 
spair 5 from murmuring and repining against the 
orders of thy providence, and from an obstinate 
and impenitent heart 5 

O Lord deliver us. 

In the first motions to sin, and the repeat¬ 
ed assaults of any temptation; in time of our 
trial, when thou seemest to withdraw thy grace 
from us 5 in health and in prosperity ; in sick¬ 
ness and adversity; in the hour of death, and 
in the day of judgment $ 

O Lord deliver us. 

Hear us, O Father, in the name of thy 
Son. 

Graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


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255 


itloniraj) (Gening. 

O Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation, 
neither chasten me in thy displeasure. 

Have mercy upon me , 4) Lord , for I am 
weak : O Lord , heal me , for my hones are 
vexed . 

My soul also is sore troubled: but, Lord, 
how long wilt thou punish me ? 

Turn thee , O Lord , and deliver my soul $ 
O save me , /br thy mercies ’ sdfce ; 

For in death no man remembereth thee 5 
and who will give thee thanks in the pit ? 

I am weary of my groaning: every night 
wash I my bed , and water my couch with my 
tears . 

My beauty is gone for very trouble, and 
worn away because of all mine enemies. 

How long wilt thou forget me , O Lord; 
for ever ? how long wilt thou hide thy face 
from me ? 

How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, 
and be so vexed in my heart ? How long shall 
mine enemies triumph over me ? 

Consider , and hear me , O Lord my God ; 
lighten mine eyes , that I sleep not in death $ 

Lest mine enemv say, I have prevailed 


256 MONDAY EVENING. 

against him: for if I be cast down, they that 
trouble me will rejoice at it. 

But my trust is in thy mercy , and my 
heart is joyful in thy salvation. 

I will sing of the Lord, because he hath 
dealt so lovingly with me$ yea, I will praise 
the name of the Lord most Highest 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost $ 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 
Almighty and most merciful Father, who, 
for the many and grievous sins which we have 
committed against thee, mightest justly have 
cut us off' in the midst of our days, hut who in 
the multitude of thy mercies hast hitherto spared 
us*, accept, we beseech thee, our unfeigned 
sorrow for all our transgressions. Grant that 
we may never so presume on thy mercy as to 
despise the riches of thy goodness, but that thy 
forbearance and long suffering may lead us to 
repentance and amendment of life, to thy hon¬ 
our and glory, and our final acquittance and 
absolution at the last day, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


MONDAY EVENING. 


257 


And here, O Lord, lamenting and abhorring 
from the very depth of our heart the iniquities of 
our past lives, we do solemnly avow and renew 
the promises which were made for us at our 
holy baptism ; renouncing unfeignedly the vani¬ 
ties of this wicked world, the lusts of the flesh, 
and the suggestions of the devil. We turn 
ourselves unto thee, most gracious and merci¬ 
ful God, and do deliberately purpose and fully 
resolve to serve, honour, and obey thee forever 
hereafter \ dedicating to thee our bodies with 
all their senses, our souls with all their faculties 
and powers, our hearts with all their affections 
and desires, our life, our health, and our strength 5 
all that we are in the order of nature, and all 
that we are made in the order of grace. And 
we most humbly beseech thee, Almighty God, 
to confirm us in this stedfast resolution of for¬ 
saking our sins and amending our lives, earn¬ 
estly praying that what thou hast given us 
the will and desire to resolve, thou wouldest 
give us grace and strength to perform, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O Eternal Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, Creator of all things visible and invisible, 
source of all good, temporal and eternal, infi¬ 
nitely perfect in thyself and infinitely gracious 
and bountiful to us, we, thy unworthy servants, 



258 MONDAY EVENING. 

who are the work of thy hands and redeemed 
by the blood of thy only Son, present ourselves 
before thee to offer up our most hearty thanks 
for all thy goodness and loving kindness to us, 
and our supplications and prayers for all con¬ 
ditions of men. We prostrate ourselves here 
before thee, and most humbly beseech thee to 
sanctify thy own most holy name, by sanctify¬ 
ing and exalting thy holy catholic Church 
throughout the world. O eternal King, who 
hast sent down thy only Son from thy throne 
above to establish a kingdom here on earth, 
from whence we might hereafter be translated 
to thy kingdom of glory ; look down upon this 
kingdom of thy Son, and propagate it through 
all nations and all hearts, sanctify it through 
thy truth, maintain it in unity, holiness, and 
peace. Give to it saints for its rulers and 
chief pastors, enlighten them with heavenly 
wisdom, and make them men after thine own 
heart. Pour out upon all the clergy the con¬ 
tinual dew of thy blessing, that they may zeal¬ 
ously and effectually promote thy honour and 
the salvation of the souls committed to their 
charge. And to all thy people give thy hea¬ 
venly grace, and grant that their light may so 
shine before men, as that they may see their 
good works and glorify thee their Father in 
heaven. 


MONDAY EVENING. 


259 


Look down also with an eye of pity and 
compassion upon all those who have gone 
astray from the one fold of the one Shepherd 
Jesus Christ, and wandered from the way of 
truth and unity, into the bye-paths of heresy 
and schism. Bring them back into the bosom 
of thy Church; take off the veil from their 
eyes with which they are blinded $ remove the 
prejudices of their education 5 soften and sub¬ 
due their obstinacy, pride, and self-conceit 5 
and give them an humble and docile spirit, a 
strong desire of finding out the truth, and such 
an abundant measure of thy grace, as may at 
length enable and dispose them cordially to 
embrace it: all which we ask, through the 
merits and mediation of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. Amen, 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


260 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


(ftinsbag Jtlormng. 

Psalm 112. 

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord $ 
he hath great delight in his commandments. 

Ills seed shall he mighty upon earth : the 
generation of the faithful shall he blessed. 

Riches and plenteousness shall be in his 
house 5 and his righteousness endureth for ever. 

Unto the godly there ariseth up light in 
the darkness: he is merciful , loving , and 
righteous. 

A good man is merciful, and lendeth, and 
will guide his words with discretion 5 

For he shall never he moved: and the 
righteous shall he had in everlasting remem¬ 
brance. 

He will not be afraid of any evil tidings 5 
for his heart standeth fast, and believetli in the 
Lord. 

His heart is stahlished , and will not 
shrink , until he see his desire upon his ene¬ 
mies. 

He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the 
poor, and his righteousness remaineth for ever; 
his horn shall be exalted with honour. 

The ungodly shall see it , and it shall 


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grieve him; he shall gnash with his teeth , 
and consume away ,• the desire of the ungod¬ 
ly shall perish 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost ; 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God, the Father of Heaven 5 

Have mercy upon us , miserable sinners. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world ; 

Have mercy upon us , miserable sinners. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from 
the Father and the Son; 

Have mercy upon us , miserable sinners. 

O Holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three 
persons and one God ; 

Have mercy upon ns , miserable sinners. 

Remember not Lord, our offences, nor the 
offences of our forefathers, neither take thou 
vengeance of our sins; spare us, good Lord, 
spare thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed 
with thy most precious blood, and be not angry 
with us for ever. 

Deliver us, O Lord; and in all our neces¬ 
sities, when we call on thee, in the name of 


262 TUESDAY MORNING. 

thy beloved Son, and for the merits of our on-, 
ly Saviour, Jesus Christ, who sits at thy right 
hand, to make intercession for sinners; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it would please thee to govern and 
defend thy catholic Church ; to bless and pre¬ 
serve the Bishop of this Diocese, and all the 
ministers and stewards of thy mysteries ; and 
to keep them in the unity of the faith and 
holiness of life; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it would please thee to endue all 
Christian rulers and magistrates with the spirit 
of wisdom, justice, and piety $ and all who are 
under authority, with a true reverence for their 
superiors and cheerful obedience to their 
just commands, that all the world may live in 
the beauty of order, and the blessings of peace ; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it would please thee to bring back in¬ 
to the union of thy Church, all those whom 
malice, passion, or interest have separated from 
her fold ; and with a more particular tender¬ 
ness, to compassionate all simple and unlearned 
people, who, by misinstraction, are seduced 
into error, and by unhappy education, settled 
in prejudice against thy truth 5 

We besesch thee to hear us. 

That it would please thee to convert all 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


2G3 


Jews, Turks, and Infidels, to thy holy faith, and 
all dissolute Christians to a virtuous life ; that 
none of those whom thou hast made may perish, 
but that all the nations of the earth may adore 
thee here, and be happy with thee hereafter; 

We beseech thee to hear us . 

That it would please thee to have compas¬ 
sion on the miseries of all thy creatures, and 
especially on such as suffer for conscience 
sake; let thy pity lighten their burdens, and 
thy grace strengthen their weakness; that 
every sad and dejected soul may either praise 
thee, for being released from its pressures, or 
be enabled to bear its crosses 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it would please thee to enlarge our 
hearts with true charity one towards another, 
to feed the hungry and clothe the naked; to 
visit the sick and comfort the distressed; to 
forgive our enemies and pray for our persecu¬ 
tors ; and on all occasions to do good to every 
one according to our capacities ; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it would please thee in thy own good 
time, to take into tiiy glory, all the faithful who 
live in thy grace; that as with patience they 
wait for the fulfilment of thy promises, they 
may at last, in a holy and blessed death, receive 
with gladness the deliverance of thy mercy; 



264 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it would please thee to open widely 
thy hand, and mercifully bestow on us the 
necessaries of this life, with grace so to use all 
thy temporal blessings, that we rest not in the 
convenience or pleasure proceeding from any 
of thy gifts 5 but apply them as instruments to 
promote our spiritual improvement, and to 
prepare us for thee and thy eternal joys ; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That thou wouldest vouchsafe us the grace 
of knowing thee 5 that we may both fear thee, 
and hope in thee, as the absolute master of 
punishment and reward 5 that we may serve 
and worship thee, as the sovereign Lord of life 
and death 5 that we may love and praise thee, 
as a most indulgent Father and bountiful Ben¬ 
efactor 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That thou wouldest vouchsafe us the grace 
of knowing ourselves, that remembering we are 
but dust and ashes, and subject to a thousand 
infirmities, temptations, and sorrows, we may 
humble our proud thoughts, and sincerely 
acknowledge our own unworthiness ) yet being 
created after thy image, and capable of eternal 
happiness, we may aspire after heaven, and 
value our souls, above all the transitory enjoy¬ 
ments of the earth $ 


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We beseech thee to hear us. 

That thou wouldest vouchsafe us thy grace, 
frequently to examine, and clearly to see the 
state of our conscience; humbly to confess, and 
earnestly to repent of our sins 5 carefully to 
avoid all occasions of relapse, and diligently to 
practise such virtues, as may most conduce to 
the cure of our infirmities 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That thou wouldest vouchsafe us the grace 
to keep a strict watch over our senses, lest they 
solicit our hearts to sin 5 to remember contin¬ 
ually that thou art present, wheresoever we are, 
especially in prayer, that we may offer up the 
same with a reverent gesture of our bodies, and 
the devout attention of our minds 5 
We beeech thee to hear us. 

That thou wouldest vouchsafe us the grace 
to attend with diligence to the duties of our 
calling, yet every day to set apart some time 
for thy service, and our souPs good 5 to live in 
peace and charity with all the world; freely 
forgiving their injuries to us, and readily mak¬ 
ing satisfaction for our trespasses against them 5 
We beseech thee to hear us. 

That thou wouldest vouchsafe us the grace 
always to call to mind the end of our creation, 
and the vanity of the world 5 the shortness of 

our life, and the uncertainty of the hour of our 

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TUESDAY MORNING. 


death ; the misery of such as die in their sins, 
and the unspeakable joys of those who, depart¬ 
ing in faith and hope, with their last breath 
give up their souls unto God ; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That thou wouldest vouchsafe us the grace 
to live and die in the faith and communion of 
thy catholic Church, to enjoy the benefit of thy 
holy sacraments, and to participate in the pray¬ 
ers of all thy servants throughout the world} 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That thou wouldest vouchsafe us the grace, 
in the last hour of our lives, willingly to render 
our bodies to the earth, from whence they came, 
and joyfully to return our spirits to thee who 
gavest them ; that in the blissful vision of thy 
glory, we may for ever adore thy majesty ; and 
in the happy company of thy saints and angels, 
for ever sing praises to thy name 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world $ 

Grant us thy peace. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Lord, hear our prayer, and let our cry 
come to thee. 


TUESDAY MORNING. 


267 


Most gracious God, the fountain of all mer¬ 
cy and blessing, who desirest not the death of 
a sinner, nor despisest the tears of the penitent, 
favourably receive this free confession of our 
sins, and effectually move our hearts to a true 
contrition for all our offences, that, being par¬ 
doned the evils we have presumed to do, we 
may be delivered from the evils we deserve to 
suffer ; and obtaining of thy bounty such graces 
as we petition for in our prayers, we may 
employ the short remainder of our days in a 
more perfect denial of our own corrupt inclina¬ 
tions, and more constant progress towards the 
enjoyment of thy glorious promises, through 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who, with 
thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, 
one God, world without end. Amen, 

The blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son, 
and Holy Ghost, be upon us, and remain with 
us for ever. Amen, 



268 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


®«£sfrat) ®Dvningo 

Psalm 17. 

Hear the right, O Lord, consider my 
complaint, and hearken unto my prayer, that 
goeth not out of feigned lips. 

Let my sentence come forth from thy 
presence , and let thine eyes look upon the 
thing that is equal. 

Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in 
the night season: thou hast tried me, and shall 
find no wickedness in me; for I am utterly 
purposed that my mouth shall not offend. 

Because of men's works that are done 
against the words of thy lips , I have kept me 
from the ways of the destroyer, 

O hold thou up my goings in thy paths, 
that my footsteps slip not. 

I have called upon thee , O God , for thou 
shalt hear me : incline thine ear to me , and 
hearken unto my words. 

Show thy marvellous loving kindness, thou 
that art the Saviour of them which put their 
trust in thee, from such as resist thy right hand. 

Keep me as the apple of an eye y hide me 
under the shadow of thy wings. 

From the ungodly, that trouble me ; mine 


TUESDAY EVENING. 


269 


enemies compass me round about, to take away 
my soul. 

They are inclosed in their own fat , and 
their mouth speaketh proud things. 

They lie waiting in our way on every side, 
turning their eyes down to the ground. 

hike as a lion that is greedy of his prey , 
and as it were a lion’s whelp lurking in 
secret places . 

Up, Lord, disappoint him, and cast him 
down: deliver my soul from the ungodly, which 
is a sword of thine : 

But as for me , I will behold thy presence 
in righteousness: and when I awake up af¬ 
ter thy likeness , I shall be satisfied with it. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, by whom all things 
were created in heaven and earth, who out of 
nothing hast made us in thine own image and 
likeness, and who hast redeemed us with thy 
most precious blood; favourably behold the 
sorrows and regard not the sins of thy wicked 


270 TUESDAY EVENING. 

and unfaithful servants. We come before thee 
like the publican, crying, with a broken and 
contrite heart, God be merciful to me a sin¬ 
ner. We fly to thee for succour, with the 
deepest humility and abasement, like the woman 
of Canaan, acknowledging our unworthiness, 
and satisfied with the crumbs that fall from thy 
table. Say unto us, as thou saidst to the meek 
and silent penitent who washed thy feet with 
her tears and wiped them with the hairs of her 
head; thy sins are forgiven thee. And oh, 
let us resemble her in her love as we do in her 
guilt. Remember us in thy kingdom as thou 
didst the thief on the cross, giving us thy pardon 
here, and hereafter a place with thee in para¬ 
dise. For we acknowledge our faults and our 
sin is ever before us. O God, pardon all the 
wickedness which we from time to time most 
grievously have committed against thee. Thou 
who for us men and for our salvation didst 
come down from heaven, who raisedst up David 
after his fall, and pardonedst Peter after his re¬ 
pentance ; forgive us also our manifold trans¬ 
gressions. Thou art our confidence and trust, 
our guide and support, our consolation and 
strength, our defence and deliverance; thou 
art the light of our paths, the joy of our souls, 
the resurrection and the life, the object of all 
our hopes and all our desires. Send us thy 


TUESDAY EVENING. 271 

help and we shall be safe $ govern, defend, and 
strengthen us 5 fill our hearts with gladness and 
visit us with thy salvation. Hear us through 
thine own prevailing merits and effectual inter¬ 
cession, O most blessed Jesus, our Saviour and 
Redeemer. Amen . 

Blessing, honour, adoration and praise be 
unto thee, O Almighty and most glorious Lord 
God, the High and Holy One who inhabitedst 
eternity, and who yet humblest thyself to be¬ 
hold what is done among the children of men. 

Thou, even thou, art Lord alone ; thou 
hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with 
alt their hosts, the earth and the sea and all 
things that are therein. Thou preservest them 
all, and the host of heaven worshipped! thee. 
Thousand thousands minister unto thee, ten 
thousand times ten thousand stand before thee. 
Angels, archangels, and all the celestial powers 
to thee continually do cry, Holy, holy, holy, 
Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and 
is to come. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to re¬ 
ceive glory, and honour, and power, for thou 
hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they 
are and were created. 

For making us after thine own image and 
appointing so great a variety of creatures to 
minister to our use j for blessing us with fruit- 


272 TUESDAY EVENING. 

ful seasons, filling our hearts with food and 
gladness, and giving us all things richly to 
enjoy; 

We praise and magnify Tliee forever. 

For giving us thine only begotten Son to 
die for our sins, for raising him from the dead, 
and exalting him to be a Prince and Saviour 
and the head over all things to the Church ; 

We praise and magnify Thee forever. 

For the exceeding great love of our Master 
and only Saviour in thus dying for us, and in 
instituting and ordaining holy mysteries, as 
pledges of his love and for a continual remem¬ 
brance of his death, to our great and endless 
comfort; 

We praise and magnify Tliee forever. 

For thy continual preservation of the 
Church in truth, unity, and holiness by the gifts 
and graces of thy Spirit; for the steadiness of 
faith and peace of conscience which we enjoy, 
by relying on her authority; and for shedding 
abroad the love of God into our hearts, and 
comforting us in all our temporal distresses 
with the hope of eternal felicity ; 

We praise and magnify Thee forever. 

For the particular benefits bestowed upon 
us, and the many dangers from which thou 
hast defended us; for our health, our education, 
and the comforts and advantages of our condi- 


TUESDAY EVENING. 273 

tion and state of life; for our daily bread and 
all thy other temporal blessings; 

We praise and magnify Thee forever. 

For the checks of our own conscience and 
the motions of thy Holy Spirit $ for thy patience 
with us in waiting for our repentance and for 
the opportunities which thou offerest us of 
amending our lives $ for our frequent deliver¬ 
ances from the occasions of sin, and for all thy 
other spiritual blessings, 

We praise and magnify Thee forever. 

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, 
and thy glory above all the earth. 

Praise the Lord , O my so id; while I 
live will I praise the Lord ; yea , as long as 
I have any being , I will sing praises unto 
my God. 

Praise the Lord O my soul, and forget not 
all his benefits, who forgiveth all thy sin and 
heaieth all thine infirmities. 

Thus will I magnify the Lord all my life 
long , and lift up my hands to his holy throne. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginnings is now , and 
ever shall be. icorld without end. Amen. 

O Lord hear my prayer; 

And let my cry come unto thee. 


274 


TUESDAY EVENING* 


Almighty and ever-living God, from whom 
cometh every good and perfect gift, graciously 
accept this humble tribute of praise and thanks¬ 
giving from the hands of thy servants, and 
mercifully grant, that the frequent meditation 
of thine infinite goodness may constrain our 
hearts to love thee above all things, and the 
serious consideration of thy incomprehensible 
Majesty bring our understandings in subjection 
to the obedience of faith \ that we may here in 
reverence to thy word believe what we do not 
see, and hereafter in the blissful vision of thy 
glory see more than we now believe, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour, who with 
thee and the Holy Ghost, ever liveth and 
reigneth one God world without end. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


Wednesday morning. 275 


iDrimwhag iHorntng. 

Psalm 27. 

The Lord is my light and my salvation, 
whom then shall I fear? the Lord is the 
strength of my life, of whom then shall I be 
afraid ? 

When the wicked , even mine enemies and 
m y foes , came upon me to eat up my fleshy 
they stumbled and fell. 

Though a host of men were laid against 
me, yet shall not my heart be afraid \ and 
though there rose up war against me, yet will 
I put my trust in thee. 

One thing have I desired of the Lord , 
which I will require , even that I may dwell 
in the house of the Lord all the days of my 
life , to behold the fair beauty of the Lord , 
and to visit his temple 

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me 
in his tabernacle , yea, in the secret place of 
his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up 
upon a rock of stone. 

And now shall he lift up mine head above 
mine enemies round about me. 

Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an 


276 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 


oblation, with great gladness: 1 will sing and 
speak praises unto the Lord. 

Hearken unto my voice , O Lord , when I 
cry unto thee 5 have mercy upon me , and 
hear me. 

My heart hath talked of thee. Seek ye my 
face: thy face, Lord, will I seek. 

O hide not thou thy face from me , nor 
cast thy servant away in displeasure. 

Thou hast been my succour, leave me not, 
neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 

When my father and my mother forsake 
me , the Lord taketh me up. 

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me 
in the right way, because of mine enemies. 

Deliver me not over into the will of mine 
adversaries : for there are false witnesses 
risen up against me , and such as speak 
wrong. 

I should utterly have fainted, but that I 
believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord 
in the land of the living. 

O tarry thou the Lord^s leisure ,* he strong , 
and he shall comfort thine heart 5 and put 
thou thy trust in the Lord. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be : world without end. Amen. 


WEDNESDAY MORNING. 277 


Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God the Father, Creator of the world; 

Have mercy upon us, 

O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind ; 

Have mercy upon us, 

O God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier and 
Comforter of the faithful ; 

Have mercy upon us, 

O Sacred Trinity, three persons and one 
God; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Jesus, son of the living God, and most 
blessed Son of the Virgin Mary, God and man, 
in two natures, but one Christ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Jesus, the brightness of thy Father’s 
glory and the express image of his person ; the 
beauteous ray of eternal light; God of God, 
light of light; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Jesus, the increated Wisdom by whom 
all things are governed, the eternal word, made 
man for our redemption; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Jesus, most glorious and powerful, most 
humble and meek, most patient and obedient; 


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278 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 


holy, harmless and undefiled; the lover of 
poverty, and lover of peace; 

Have mercy upon us, 

O Jesus, the lover of us ungrateful sinners, 
who earnest down from heaven to teach us 
with thy own sacred mouth, the truths of sal¬ 
vation ; 

Have mercy upon us, 

O Jesus, who didst converse so long on 
earth, to show us by thy own holy example the 
way to heaven; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Jesus, who diedst even the death of the 
cross, to take off our aversion from suffering, 
and teach us to endure all things for our ever¬ 
lasting happiness; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Jesus, who didst ascend into heaven, to 
confirm our belief and raise our affections to 
the sure joys of eternity; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our 
faith, the supreme object of our love, and end 
of all our hopes and desires, God blessed for 
ever; 

Have mercy upon us. 

From all evil, from all sin, and from ever¬ 
lasting death; 

O Lord deliver us. 


WEDNESDAY MORNING. 279 

By the mystery of thy holy incarnation and 
humble birth $ by the sanctity of thy heavenly 
doctrine, and miraculous life ; by the merits of 
thy bitter passion and all reviving death \ 

O Lord deliver us. 

By the joys of thy victorious resurrection, 
and triumphant ascension 5 by the glory of thy 
eternal kingdom 3 by thy incomprehensible ma¬ 
jesty at the right hand of the Father 5 and by 
thy perpetual and prevailing intercession for us $ 

O Lord deliver us 5 and in all our neces¬ 
sities , we beseech thee to hear us. 

That it may please thee to protect and 
govern thy holy Church, which thou hast pur¬ 
chased with thy precious blood 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That looking continually on thy admirable 
life, we may faithfully endeavour to follow thy 
steps; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That denying all vicious and inordinate 
inclinations, we may live soberly, righteously, 
and piously ; and that through thy love, the 
world may be crucified to us, and we to the 
world; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That whatever we ask in thy holy name, 
we may receive through thy infinite merits 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 


280 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 


O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world $ 

Grant us thy peace. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

Every day will we adore thy perfections, 
O Lord, and magnify thy mercies; that every 
day we may increase in thy love. 

All that we have and all that we are, we 
received from thy grace. 

All we desire and hope, we expect in thy 
glory. 

Almighty and most merciful Saviour, the 
light of this world and glory of the next ; vouch¬ 
safe, we beseech thee, to enlighten our under- 
standing, and influence our will, and sanctify 
all the faculties of our souls, that whilst with 
our lips we offer up these prayers, we may 
inwardly with our hearts adore thy person, and 
admire thy goodness, and conform our lives to 
thy holy example; till at length, by frequent 
meditation on the bliss which thou hast pre¬ 
pared for us hereafter, we may break off our 
affections from all inordinate attachment to 
this world, and place them supremely on the 
enjoyment of thee in thy heavenly kingdom; 
who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, 


WEDNESDAY MORNING. 281 

ever livest and reignest, one God, world with¬ 
out end. Amen . 

The blessing of God Almighty, Father, 
Son and Holy Ghost, descend upon us and 
remain with us for ever. Amen . 


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282 WEDNESDAY EVENING. 


illetmesiraji (Kottung. 

Psalm 71. 

In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust 3 let 
me never be put to confusion, but rid me, and 
deliver me in thy righteousness 3 incline thine 
ear unto me, and save me. 

Be thou my strong hold , whereunto I 
may always resort: thou hast promised to 
help me , for thou art my house of defence , 
and my castle . 

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of 
the ungodly, out of the hand of the unrighteous 
and cruel man: 

For thou , O Lord God , art the thing 
that I long for: thou art my hope , even from 
my youth . 

Through thee have I been holden up ever 
since I was born: thou art he that took me 
out of my mother’s womb: my praise shall be 
always of thee. 

I am become as it were a monster unto 
many , but my sure trust is in thee . 

O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, 
that 1 may sing of thy glory and honour all the 
day long. 

Cast me not away in the time of age 3 
forsake me not when my strength faileth me 3 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 283 

For mine enemies speak against me; and 
they that lay wait for my soul take their coun¬ 
sel together, saying, God hath forsaken him; 
persecute him, and take him 5 for there is none 
to deliver him. 

Go not far from me , O God $ my God , 
haste thee to help me. 

Let them be confounded and perish, that 
are against my soul; let them be covered with 
shame and dishonour, that seek to do me evil. 

As for me , I will patiently abide always , 
and will praise thee more and more. 

My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteous¬ 
ness and salvation 5 for I know no end thereof. 

I will go forth in the strength of the Lord 
God , and will make mention of thy right¬ 
eousness only. 

Thou, O God, hast taught me from my 
youth up until now 5 therefore will I tell of thy 
wondrous works. 

Forsake me not , O God , in mine old age , 
when I am grey-headed , until I have showed 
thy strength unto this generation , and thy 
power to all them that are yet for to come. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost \ 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be , world without end. Amen. 


284 WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

All thy creatures, even though inanimate, 
cease not, O God, to bless and praise thee. 
The heavens declare thy glory and the firma¬ 
ment showeth thy handy work. One day tell- 
eth another, and one night certifieth another; 
proclaiming with their voices throughout the 
world thy greatness and power. And shall we, 
whom thou hast created in thine own image 
and crowned with glory and honour, ever for¬ 
get our Creator, our Benefactor, and unchange¬ 
able Friend, and refuse thee our love, our 
gratitude, our adoration and praise ? And yet 
O Lord, we are constrained to confess with 
humiliation and shame, that we have hitherto 
most lamentably failed in the most essential of 
all our duties. We have been occupied with the 
world, its creatures, its possessions, its honours 
and pleasures, not thinking at all or but rarely 
and faintly of the Author of our life and salvation. 
Penetrated, O Lord, with grief at the remem¬ 
brance of our negligence and guilt, we most 
earnestly resolve, in reliance on thy help, to 
serve and please thee for the time to come in 
newness of life. During the remainder of the 
days which thou shall be pleased to grant us 
in this land of exile, we will study to glorify 


WEDNESDAY EVENING. 285 

thee O Lord our God, to acknowledge thy 
goodness, to exalt thy greatness, to proclaim 
thy mercies, to redeem the time which we have 
hitherto mispent, and to correct the errors of 
a sinful and prevaricating world. And thus 
we will hope O blessed Lord God, that thou 
wilt show us thy mercy and grant us thy grace, 
and that after having glorified thee in time thou 
wilt glorify us in eternity, through the merits 
and mediation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. Amen . 

Lord, what return can we render to thee 
for all thy benefits ? Thou hast honoured us 
by making us but little lower than the angels, 
and by putting all things under our feet. Thou 
hast honoured us by placing us in a world so 
full of glory and beauty, and by promising us a 
nobler building not made with hands eternal in 
the heavens. Thou hast honoured us when we 
were only deserving of condemnation and 
shame, in not sparing thy well-beloved Son, but 
delivering him up for us all, that we might be 
exalted to life everlasting. O grant that we 
may be sensible of the dignity of our calling 
and walk as becometh the children of light. 
But it is not in our own constancy nor in our 
own power that we hope and rely, but only in 
thee our God and Saviour. We look unto 


286 WEDNESDAY EVENING* 


thee, as the Author of all good, for all those 
gifts and blessings which are needful for us both 
in time and eternity. We look to thee for our 
daily bread, and for that which refresheth and 
strengthened the soul. We wait for the suc¬ 
cour of thy grace in our dangers and wants. 
We trust in thy mercy for the pardon of our 
sins, the consolation of a happy death, and the 
bliss of a glorious eternity. On thy promises 
we rest, relying on thine unchangeable faithful¬ 
ness to fulfil them, and thy almighty power to 
enable thee to perform them. Grant then, O 
Lord, as we put our full confidence in thy mercy 
and our hope in thy word, we may receive the 
end of our hope, the salvation of our souls, 
through the merits of our Advocate and Re¬ 
deemer Jesus Christ. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


THURSDAY MORNING, 


287 


Sljursimg Morning. 

Psalm 30. 

I will magnify thee, O Lord 5 for thou 
hast set me up, and not made my foes to 
triumph over me. 

O Lord , my God , I cried unto thee ,• and 
thou hast healed me. 

Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of 
hell: thou hast kept my life from them that go 
down to the pit. 

Sing praises unto the Lord , O ye saints 
of his $ and give thanks unto him , for a re¬ 
membrance of his holiness. 

For his wrath endureth but the twinkling 
of an eye, and in his pleasure is life 5 heaviness 
may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the 
morning. 

And in my prosperity I said , I shall 
never be removed ,• thou , Lord , of thy good¬ 
ness hadst made my hill so strong. 

Thou didst turn thy face from me, and I 
was troubled. 

Then cried I unto thee , O Lord ^ and 
gat me to my Lord right humbly. 

What profit is there in my blood, when I 
go down to the pit ? 


288 


THURSDAY MORNING. 


Shall the dust give thanks unto thee ? or 
shall it declare thy truth ? 

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; 
Lord, be thou my helper. 

Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy ; 
thou hast put off my sackcloth , and girded 
me with gladnes: 

Therefore shall every good man sing of thy 
praise without ceasing: O my God, I will give 
thanks unto thee for ever. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son 
and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God the Father, Creator of the World; 

Have mercy upon us, 

O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind; 

Have mercy upon us, 

O God the Holy Ghost, Sanctifier, Perfec- 
ter, and Comforter of the faithful; 

Have mercy upon us, 

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three 
persons and one God; 

Have mercy upon us , and hearken to our 
prayer. 


THURSDAY MORNING. 


289 


That we may devoutly adore the mystery of 
our Saviour’s incarnation, and freely offer our¬ 
selves to Him who freely gave himself for us $ 
We beseech thee to hear us. 

That we may for ever bless and magnify 
the grace and condescension of our Lord, in 
humbling himself to be born of a virgin, and 
after having overcome the sharpness of death, 
in opening the kingdom of heaven to all believ¬ 
ers 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That for the merits of his passion our sins 
may be pardoned, and by his prevailing inter¬ 
cession our imperfect services be graciously 
accepted. 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That the great and holy name of thee our 
Creator, may be sanctified by us on earth, as 
it is by the spirits of the blessed in heaven 5 
We beseech thee to hear us. 

That living in thy fear, we may enjoy thy 
blessing here, and dying in thy favour, be made 
partakers of thy promises in the world to come 5 
We beseech thee to hear us. 

That we may faithfully observe thy law 
written in our hearts, and not presume to abuse 
the grace of thy gospel by continuing in sin ; 
We beseech thee to hear us* 

That we may adore thy goodness in sending 

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290 


THURSDAY MORNING. 


thy Son into the world to redeem us, and so 
carefully prepare to meet him when he shall 
come again to judge us, as to receive the crown 
of righteousness which he shall then give to all 
them that love his appearing ; 

We beseech thee to hear ns. 

That we may always behave ourselves as in 
thy presence, carefully endeavouring to fulfil thy 
laws, and thankfully acknowledging the won¬ 
ders of thy power ; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That we may never offend thee for fear of 
man, nor lose our own soul to gain the whole 
world; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That we may profitable employ the gifts of 
grace and nature, which thou hast bestowed 
upon us, to the advancing of thy glory, and the 
obtaining of our own eternal felicity 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That mortifying all sensual and inordinate 
desires, we may set our thoughts and affections 
on things above ; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That remembering thine only Son was given 
unto us, not only as a sacrifice for sin, but also 
an ensample of godly life, we may daily endea¬ 
vour to follow his blessed steps; 

We beseech thee to hear us. 


THURSDAY MORNING. 291 

That knowing thou hast knit together thine 
elect in one communion and fellowship, in the 
mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord, we 
may also be endued with grace so to follow thy 
blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, 
as finally to come to those unspeakable joys 
which thou hast prepared for those who un- 
feignedly love thee; 

We beseech thee to hear as. 

And now, O Sovereign Lord and merciful 
Redeemer, trusting in thine all sufficient merits, 
we presume to come boldly before the throne 
of thy majesty, and to address our prayers to 
thee, to whom, equally with the Father and the 
Spirit, all prayer is due. 

Jesus, eternal Son of the living God, and 
most blessed Son of the Virgin Mary 5 

Hare mercy upon us. 

Jesus, God and man, two natures, yet but 
one Christ, the glory of heaven, and joy of the 
earth; 

Hare mercy upon us. 

Jesus, king of patriachs, and light of the 
prophets; master of the apostles, and the forti¬ 
tude of the martyrs ; the sanctity of confessors, 
and the purity of saints$ the crown of the just 
made perfect in heaven, and the only hope of 
thy servants on earth ; 

Hare mercy upon us. 



292 THURSDAY MORNING. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world $ 

Grant us thy peace. 

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins 
of the world ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

H This is to be said by the person conducting the worship and all 
the members of the family together. 

It is meet and right, O Lord, not only to 
trust in thy mercy, but to give thanks unto thee 
for thy great glory. Therefore with all the 
company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy 
glorious name : with that great multitude which 
no man can number of all nations, and kindred, 
and people, and tongues, who stand before thee 
clothed with white robes and palms in their 
hands, we joyfully unite 3 crying with a loud 
voice, and saying, salvation to our God and the 
Lamb : with the angels who stand around thee, 
and the elders who fall on their faces before 
thy throne, we praise and worship thee, saying 
Amen: Blessing and glory, and wisdom and 
thankgiving, and honour, and power, and might, 
be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


THURSDAY EVENING. 293 


Sljursirag (Evening. 

Psalm 39. 

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that 
I offend not in my tongue. 

I will keep my mouth as it were with a 
bridle , while the ungodly is in my sight . 

I held my tongue, and spake nothing: I 
kept silence, yea, even from good words ; but 
it was pain and grief to me. 

My heart was hot within me: and while 
I was thus musing the fire kindled , and at 
the last I spake with my tongue: 

Lord, let me know my end, and the num¬ 
ber of my days, that I may be certified how 
long I have to live. 

Behold , thou hast made my days as it 
were a span long , and mine age is even as 
nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every 
man living is altogether vanity ; 

For man walketh in a vain shadow, and 
disquieteth himself in vain; he heapeth up 
riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. 

And now , Lord , what is my hope ? Truly 
my hope is even in thee . 

Deliver me from all mine offences, and make 

me not a rebuke unto the foolish. 

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THURSDAY EVENING. 


I became dumb , and opened not my 
mouth; for it was thy doing . 

Take thy plague away from me ; I am even 
consumed by the means of thy heavy hand. 

When thou with rebukes dost chasten 
man for sin , thou makest his beauty to con¬ 
sume away , like as it were a moth f retting a 
garment: every man therefore is but vanity . 

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine 
ears consider my calling 5 hold not thy peace 
at my tears. 

For I am a stranger with thee , and a 
sojourner , as all my fathers were . 

O spare me a little, that I may recover my 
strength, before I go hence, and be no more 
seen. 

Glory be to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost . 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

Almighty and most merciful Father but 
strict and righteous Judge to all obstinate and 
impenitent sinners, we acknowledge and bewail 
our manifold sins and wickedness, which we 
from time to time most grievously have com- 


THURSDAY EVENING. 295 

mitted in thought, word, and deed, against thy 
divine majesty; We have sinned ^ and what 
shall we say unto thee thou Preserver of men ? 
We have left undone those things which we 
ought to have done, and we have done those 
things which we ought not to have done, and 
there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, 
have mercy upon us miserable offenders. Thou 
who desirest not the death of a sinner, but ra¬ 
ther that he should turn from his wickedness 
and live, have mercy upon us. Spare and re¬ 
store us who in all humility confess our faults 
and are heartily sorry for them. Have regard 
to thy blessed Son Jesus Christ, who is our 
advocate with thee, O Father, and the propitia¬ 
tion for our sins. For his sake grant us true 
repentance and the assistance of thy Holy 
Spirit. And enable us hereafter to please thee 
in all things, that denying all ungodliness and 
worldly lusts, and living soberly, righteously, and 
godly in this present world, we may come at 
last to thy eternal joy, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

O gracious and merciful God, who givest 
power and strength to the feeble, who knowest 
our backwardness and aversion to spiritual 
duties, who understandest all our wants and 
art acquainted with all our weaknesses, who 


296 


THURSDAY EVENING. 


seest our unwillingness to have our conversation 
in heaven, and the excuses made by the flesh to 
hinder the mind from frequent addresses to thy 
mercy-seat 5 apply, we beseech thee, thy heal¬ 
ing hand to our sickly souls. O strengthen these 
feeble knees 5 hold up these weary hands. 
Touch our unruly will with thy sceptre that it 
may bow to thy commands, and erect thy 
throne in our hearts. Manifest thy power in 
our weakness. Give us firmness to resolve, and 
grace to accomplish the purposes we have form¬ 
ed. When we faint, O Lord, support us^ 
when we grow weary, revive us, when we 
would go back, enable us to press on toward 
the mark of our high calling 5 when we fall, 
let thy angels bear us up in their hands. O 
thou that hast done great things for us, marvel¬ 
lous things without number, who through all 
the stages of life hast protected us by thy prov¬ 
idence and defended us by thy grace, who hast 
carried us on thy wings as the eagle doth her 
youngs leave us not nor forsake us, but 
strengthen our faith and enliven our hope, that 
we may endure temptations, and when we are 
tried may receive the crown of life which the 
Lord hath promised to them that love thee, 
through the merits and mediation of the same 
Jesus Christ our Advocate and Redeemer, 
Amen . 


THURSDAY EVENING. 297 

O God, from whom cometh every good and 
perfect gift, accept our praise and thanksgiving 
which we offer unto thee for all the mercies 
and benefits from time to time vouchsafed to 
us; for our health and strength, our comfort 
and peace, our civil privileges, our social enjoy¬ 
ments, and all the blessings of this life 5 but 
more especially for Jesus Christ, the Fountain 
of all, for his conception, birth, and circum¬ 
cision 5 for his baptism, fasting, and temptation; 
for his holy and most exemplary life \ for his 
bitter, cruel, and yet patient and meritorious 
death ; for his glorious resurrection and ascen¬ 
sion y for the coming of the Holy Ghost the 
eternal Comforter upon the apostles on the day 
of Pentecost, and from that time, for the con¬ 
stitution of a Catholic and Apostolic Church 
which is to continue to the end of the world. 
And we beseech thee, O Lord, give us that 
due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts 
may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may 
show forth thy praise, not only with our lips 
but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy 
service and by walking before thee in holiness 
and righteousness all our days , to whom, with 
thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and 
glory world without end. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


298 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


jFriirag JHormng. 

Psalm 65. 

Thou, O God, art praised in Sion; and 
unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jeru¬ 
salem. 

Thou that hearest the prayer , unto thee 
shall all flesh come. 

My misdeeds prevail against me: O be 
thou merciful unto our sins. 

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest , 
and receivest unto thee 5 he shall dwell in thy 
court , and shall he satisfied with the plea¬ 
sures of thy house , even of tliy holy temple . 

Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy 
righteousness, O God of our salvation 5 thou 
that art the hope of all the ends of the earth 
and of them that remain in the broad sea. 

Who in his strength setteth fast the 
mountains , and is girded about with power. 

Who stilleth the raging of the sea, and the 
noise of his waves, and the madness of the 
people. 

They also that dwell in the uttermost 
parts of the earth shall he afraid at thy to¬ 
kens , thou that makest the out-goings of the 
morning and evening to praise thee. 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


299 


Thou visitest the earth, and blessestit; 
thou makest it very plenteous. 

The river of God is full of water: thou 
preparest their corn , for so thou providest 
for the earth. 

Thou waterest her furrows 5 thou senclest 
rain into the little valleys thereof ; thou makest 
it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the 
increase of it. 

Thou crownest the year with tny good¬ 
ness , and thy clouds drop fatness. 

They shall drop upon the dwellings of the 
wilderness, and the little hills shall rejoice on 
every side. 

The folds shall he full of sheep $ the val¬ 
leys also shall stand so thick with corn , that 
they shall laugh and sing . 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost 5 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall he , world without end . Amen . 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God the Father, eternal Fountain of all 
being, who hast chosen us in thy Son, before 
the creation of the world ; 

Have mercy upon us. 


300 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


Thou who didst so love the world, as to 
give thy only begotten Son to redeem it $ who 
hast adopted us to be thy children in Jesus 
Christ 5 and who hast prepared for us a glorious 
inheritance, if we love thee, and keep thy com¬ 
mandments ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Son, Eternal Word of the Fa¬ 
ther, who, to save us sinners, didst take upon 
thee the frail nature of man 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

Thou, who for our redemption becamest 
obedient unto death, even the death of the 
cross 5 to whom all power is given by the 
Father in heaven and earth ; and who, at the 
last and dreadful day, wilt come with glory to 
judge the living and the dead ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from 
the Father and the Son, by whom was wrought 
the glorious mystery of our Saviour’s incarna¬ 
tion 5 

Have mercy upon us. 

Thou, who art the free Dispenser of all 
graces, and faithful Comforter in all our afflic¬ 
tions \ the Enlightener of our understandings, 
and Sanctifier of our wills ; the pledge of our 
adoption, and seal of our salvation} 

Have mercy upon us. 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


301 


O Sacred Trinity, three persons and one 
God, of equal glory and co-eternal majesty; 
from whom, by whom, and in whom are all 
things; and to whom all the angels and saints 
of heaven continually sing, Holy, Holy, Holy, 
Lord God of Hosts ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

Blessed for ever be thy name, eternal Fa¬ 
ther of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

For the immensity of thy power, which at 
first created all things of nothing, and still 
preserves them that they return not again to 
nothing; 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord. 

For thy infinite goodness, in making us 
after thy own image, and appointing all the rest 
of thy creatures to serve us; 

My sold doth magnify thee , O Lord. 

For the riches of thy bounty, which filleth 
everything according to its capacity; and for 
the wisdom of thy counsels, which sweetly 
dispose and irresistibly govern the whole frame 
of the world; 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord. 

For thy provident forewarning us against 
the danger of sin, by threatening hell to our 
offences, and for thy graciously inviting us to 
our own happiness, by promising heaven as a 
reward to our obedience ; 


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302 FRIDAY MORNING. 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

For the eternal charity wherewith thou 
loved’st us before the world began, and merci¬ 
fully decreed’st to redeem us by thy Son $ 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

And blessed be thou, O Jesus, Son of God, 
and Saviour of mankind. 

For thy infinite glory in thyself, and thy 
infinite love towards us ; 

My soid doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

For thy miraculous conception by the Holy 
Ghost, and thy humble birth from the blessed 
Virgin; 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

For thy meek subjection to thy parents, in 
the meanest offices of a private life$ and for 
thy condescension to the form of a servant, 
though thou wert Lord of all; 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

For thy fasting and retirement in the de¬ 
sert ; for thy mildness and benignity in conver¬ 
sation ; for thy heavenly doctrine and glorious 
miracles ; 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

For the compassionate tears which thou 
sheddest over Jerusalem; for the humble 
washing of thy disciples’ feet, and for the gra¬ 
cious institution of the blessed sacrament 5 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


303 


For thy agony and bloody sweat in the 
garden of Gethsemane $ for thy entire self- 
denial, and absolute submission, not only to the 
will of thy Father, but even to that of thy ene¬ 
mies ; 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

For thy incomparable patience, in the vio¬ 
lence and outrages of thy persecutors against 
thy sacred person $ for thy wonderful silence 
whilst they falsely accused and unjustly con¬ 
demned thy innocence; 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

For thy perfect resignation whilst they 
shamefully stripped thee, and cruelly scourged 
thee ; for thy admirable meekness whilst they 
crowned thee with thorns, and forced thee to 
carry thy cross, which was laden with the sins 
of the whole world 5 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

For thy immovable constancy whilst they 
fastened thee on the cross, piercing thy blessed 
hands and feet with nails, and giving thee vine¬ 
gar and gall to drink ? 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

For the infinite compassion and forbearance 
of thy spirit, in excusing their sin, and praying 
thy Father to forgive them, even in the ex¬ 
tremity of thy tortures 5 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 


304 


FRIDAY MORNING. 


For thy glorious resurrection from the 
grave, and triumphant ascension into heaven: 
for sending the Holy Ghost to abide with th} 
Church for ever, and promising to be with us 
thyself to the end of the world ; 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

And blessed be thou, O God the Holy 
Ghost, who proceedest from the Father and 
the Son. 

For thy continual preservation of the 
Church, in truth, unity, and holiness ; for the 
steadiness of faith, and peace of conscience 
which we experience by relying on her author¬ 
ity, as the witness and keeper of Holy Writ; 
for the due administration of thy sacraments, 
and the abundant means of grace and salvation 
which we so happily enjoy in her blessed com¬ 
munion ; for shedding abroad the love of God 
in our hearts, and comforting us in all our 
temporal distresses with the hope of eternal 
felicity; 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 

Blessed for ever be thy name, O sacred 
Trinity. 

For the infinite dignity of thy essence, and 
unspeakable majesty of thy glory, existing of 
thyself from all eternity, and perfectly happy 
in thyself, for ever ; 

My soul doth magnify thee , O Lord . 


FRIDAY MORNING. 305 

With our whole heart and with our mouth, 
we confess, praise, and bless thee, God the 
Father everlasting; thee, the only begotten 
Son ; thee, the Holy Ghost, the Comforter; 
the Holy and undivided Trinity; to thee be 
glory, world without end. Amen . 

Vouchsafe more especially, O most blessed 
Saviour and Redeemer, to have compassion on 
us, and on all those who shall humbly present 
these petitions to the throne of thy mercy, in 
commemoration of thy sacred life and bitter 
passion. And we beseech thee, for thy own dear 
sake, grant to us, our friends, and benefactors, 
and to all those for whom we are bound to pray, 
the pardon of past offences and preservation 
from future failings; that, serving thee faithful¬ 
ly, loving thee fervently, and obeying thee 
perseveringly, during the whole remainder of 
our earthly pilgrimage, we may come at last to 
enjoy thy beatifying presence for all eternity 
in thy heavenly kingdom. Amen . 

The blessing of Almighty God, Father, 
Son, and Holy Ghost, be upon us, and remain 
with us all for evermore. Amen . 


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306 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


jFrifrag (Burning. 

Psalm 90. 

Lord, thou hast been our refuge, from one 
generation to another. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, 
or ever the earth and the world were made, 
thou art God from everlasting, and world 
without end. 

Thou turnest man to destruction: again 
thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men. 

For a thousand years in thy sight are 
but as yesterday ,* seeing that is past as a 
watch in the night. 

As soon as thou scatterest them, they are 
even as a sleep, and fade away suddenly like 
the grass. 

In the morning it is green , and groweth 
up ,* but in the evening it is cut down, dried 
up, and withered. 

For we consume away in thy displeasure, 
and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 

Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee, 
and our secret sins in the light of thy coun¬ 
tenance. 

For when thou art angry, all our days are 
gone ; we bring our years to an end, as it were 
a tale that is told. 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


307 


The days of our age are threescore years 
and ten 5 and though men he so strong that 
they come to fourscore years , yet is their 
strength then hut labour and sorrow 5 so 
soon passeth it away , and we are gone . 

But who regardeth the power of thy wrath ? 
for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy 
displeasure. 

So teach us to number our days , that we 
may apply our hearts unto wisdom . 

Turn thee again, O Lord, at the last, and 
be gracious unto thy servants. 

O satisfy us with thy mercy , and that 
soon : so shall we rejoice and he glad all the 
days of our life . 

Comfort us again now after the time that 
thou hast plagued us ; and for the years where¬ 
in we have suffered adversity. 

Show thy servants thy work , and their 
children thy glory . 

And the glorious majesty of the Lord our 
God be upon us : prosper thou the work of thy 
hands upon us ; O prosper thou our handy 
work. 

Glory he to the Father , and to the Son , 
and to the Holy Ghost 5 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen . 





FRIDAY EVENING. 


308 


Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

To thee O Lord God Almighty, are most 
justly due all glory, worship, adoration, and 
praise. We humble ourselves in thy presence 
who are but dust and ashes, and who are only 
deserving of punishment and shame. But sin¬ 
ners as we are, we are nevertheless thy servants. 
Despise not then the work of thy hands, but 
receive us as the compassionate father received 
the returning prodigal. We are unclean, but 
if thou wilt thou canst purify us ; we are blind, 
but thou canst enlighten us; sick, but thou 
canst heal us; cold and lifeless in spiritual 
things, but thou canst revive us. O God, con¬ 
sider not our unworthiness but thine own gra¬ 
cious declaration, that thou wiliest not the 
death of a sinner, but rather that he should 
turn from his wickedness and live. Deal not 
with us then according to the multitude of our 
offences, but according to thine own unbound¬ 
ed compassion, and have mercy upon us. In 
the remembrance of thine inestimable love to 
us in the redemption of the world, and the 
unspeakable abasement to which thy Son stoop¬ 
ed for our sakes, we prostrate ourselves in 
humility and gratitude at thy feet. And hence- 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


309 


forward, we desire to depend on thee alone, to 
conform ourselves to thy holy will, and to sub¬ 
mit ourselves entirely to thy divine providence, 
according to the designs of thy mercy towards 
us. Receive then, O Lord, the body and spirit 
which thou hast given us, our soul, our life, and 
all that we are, to govern and dispose of them 
as thou wilt. Accept the offering and sanctify 
it, for the sake of our most blessed Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 

We know, O God, that no unclean thing 
can enter into thy kingdom. O wash us and 
make us white in the blood of the Lamb, that 
when we go hence we may be made worthy to 
stand before thy throne. 

O blessed High Priest, who art able to save 
all them to the uttermost wiio come unto God 
by thee, save us, we beseech thee, who have no 
hope but in thy merits and intercession. 

O Captain of our salvation, who wert made 
perfect through sufferings, sanctify to us, we 
beseech thee, all the pains of body and all the 
i terrors of mind which thou slialt at any time 
^ permit to fall upon us. 

O Lord of life and glory, who didst humble 
thyself and become obedient unto death, even 
the death of the cross, for us miserable sinners, 



310 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


let the pain and ignominy of thine, take away 
the sting and bitterness of our own. 

O Holy Spirit, let thy comfortable presence 
support us under all our sufferings, and when 
our last agonies are coming on us and the sor¬ 
rows of death are compassing us about, consid¬ 
er and hear us, O Lord our God. Draw nigh 
unto our soul and make thy face to shine up¬ 
on us. Let us rejoice in approaching the 
haven where we would be. Let us reach out 
with eagerness to the prize before us, for which 
we have so long been running. Let us feel and 
realize that we are passing from darkness to 
light, from poverty to riches, from battle to 
victory, from sorrow to joy, from temporal to 
everlasting life. 

Guide us, O Lord, by thy counsel while we 
live, and give thine angels charge over us to 
stand about us when we come to die, and let 
them conduct us unto thy holy hill, the habita¬ 
tion of light and peace, of joy and gladness; 
unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living 
God, the heavenly Jerusalem; and to an in¬ 
numerable company of angels, to the general 
assembly of the first-born which are written in 
heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the 
spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus 
the mediator of the new covenant; there to 
reign with thine elect angels, thy blessed saints 


FRIDAY EVENING. 


311 


departed, thy holy prophets and glorious apos¬ 
tles, in all peace, happiness, and honour forever 
and ever. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 





312 


SATURDAY MORNING. 


Saturirag jHorning. 

Psalm 34. 

I will alway give thanks unto the Lord; 
his praise shall ever he in my mouth. 

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord $ 
the humble shall hear thereof \ and he glad. 

O praise the Lord with me; and let us 
magnify his name together. 

I sought the Lord* and he heard me ] 
yea , he delivered me out of all my fear. 

They had an eye unto him, and were light¬ 
ened ; and their faces were not ashamed. 

Loj the poor crieth , and the Lord heareth 
him j yea , and saveth him out of all his 
troubles. 

The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about 
them that fear him, and delivereth them. 

O taste , and see how gracious the Lord 
is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

O fear the Lord, ye that are his saints ; for 
they that fear him lack nothing. 

The lions do lack , and suffer hunger $ but 
they who seek the Lord shall want no man¬ 
ner of thing that is good. 

Come, ye children; and hearken unto me ; 
I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 


SATURDAY MORNING. 313 

What man is lie that lustetli to live , and 
would fain see good days ? 

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips 
that they speak no guile. 

Eschew evil , and do good $ seek peace , 
and ensue it. 

The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, 
and his ears are open unto their prayers. 

The countenance of the Lord is against 
them that do evil , to root out the remembrance 
of them from the earth. 

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth 
them, and delivereth them out of all their 
troubles. 

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of 
a contrite heart , and will save such as be of 
an humble spirit. 

Great are the troubles of the righteous ) 
but the Lord delivereth him out of all. 

He keepeth all his bones , so that not one 
of them is broken. 

But misfortune shall slay the ungodly ; and 
they that hate the righteous shall be deso¬ 
late. 

The Lord delivereth the soids of his ser¬ 
vants ,* and all they that put their trust in 
him shall not be destitute. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost $ 


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314 SATURDAY MORNING. 

As it was in the beginning , is now , and 
ever shall be : world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God the Father, Creator of the world ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O God the Holy Ghost, the Perfecter and 
Comforter of the faithful ; 

Have mercy upon us. 

O Sacred Trinity, three Persons and one 
God; 

Have mercy upon us. 

Form the shades of eternal death, where, 
if driven from thy presence, we shall for ever 
be deprived of the light of thy countenance; 

Deliver us , good Lord. 

From the intolerable evils, to which our 
imperfections in this world have exposed us in 
the other; 

Deliver us , good Lord. 

From thy anger and wrath, which [now, 
though late,] we grieve to have provoked by 
onr negligence and guilt; 

Deliver us , good Lord . 

Form the bonds of sin. wherein we are en- 


SATURDAY MORNING. 


315 


tangled by the disorder of our affections, and 
the powerful influence of custom and habit $ 
Deliver us , good Lord, 

O Christ, hear us and have mercy upon us. 
By the multitude of thy mercies, which 
have always been so tenderly exerted towards 
the frailties of thy creatures 5 
We beseech thee to hear us. 

By the infinite merits of thy death upon 
the cross, where thou didst reconcile the 
world to thy Father $ 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

By thy glorious resurrection from the grave, 
when thou didst open the kingdom of heaven 
to all believers 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

By thy triumphant ascension into heaven, 
when thou didst lead captivity captive, and 
promise to prepare a place for thy servants; 
We beseech thee to hear us. 

That it would please thee to wash us from 
our sins, and to shorten our sorrows in this 
valley of misery and tears $ to admit us, pure 
and spotless through thy blood, into thy holy 
sanctuary where no unclean thing can enter 5 
and to crown our long-cherished hopes with 
everlasting fruition 5 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That the blessed vision of thee our Saviour, 


316 


SATURDAY MORNING. 


whom having not seen we have nevertheless 
loved, may till us with joy unspeakable, and 
the glorious light of the Lamb may shine upon 
us for ever $ 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That we may unite with angels and arch¬ 
angels, in singing hymns of praise for their ever 
new and never ending felicity$ 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

That we may unite with patriarchs and 
prophets, apostles and martyrs, and all the 
spirits of the just made perfect, in celebrating 
thy mercies, who, out of every kindred, tongue, 
and people, hast redeemed us unto God by thy 
most precious blood $ 

We beseech thee to hear us. 

O Lamb of God, who wilt come with glory 
to judge the living and the dead ; 

Hare mercy upon us. 

O Lamb of God, at whose presence the 
earth shall be moved, and the heavens melt 
away; 

Deliver us from thy wrath. 

O Lamb of God, in whose book of life are 
written all the names of thy chosen 5 

Grant that ours may be found with those 
of thy saints. 

Deliver us, O Lord, and all thy faithful in 
that day of terror, when the sun shall be dark- 


SATURDAY MORNING. 317 

ened, and the moon shall not give her light 5 
when the stars shall fall from heaven, and the 
tribes of the earth shall mourn $ when every 
eye shall see thee, and they also which pierced 
thee, and all, who have died in their sins shall 
wail at thy coming 5 

Deliver us , O Lord , in that dreadful 
day y and place us with the blessed at thy 
right hand for ever. 

Almighty God, with whom do live the 
spirits of the just made perfect, and in whose 
holy keeping are the souls of all those who de¬ 
part hence in thy grace 5 as we bless thee for 
the saints already admitted to thy glory, so we 
humbly offer up our prayers for thy afflicted 
servants still in the flesh, who continually wait 
and sigh for the day of their deliverance. Par¬ 
don their sins, supply their unpreparedness, and 
wipe away the tears from their eyes, that they 
may at length see thee face to face, and in thy 
glorious light eternally rejoice; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc. 


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318 SATURDAY EVENING. 


Satiirfrag (filming. 

Psalm 116. 

I am well pleased that the Lord hath heard 
the voice of my prayer , 

That he hath inclined his ear unto me } 
therefore will I call upon him as long as I 
live, 

The snares of death compasssed me round 
about, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me. 

I shall find trouble and heaviness , and I 
will call upon the name of the Lord; O 
Lord , I beseech thee , deliver my soul, 

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous$ yea, 
our God is merciful. 

The Lord preserveth the simple: I was 
in misery , and he helped me. 

Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul \ 
for the Lord hath rewarded thee. 

And why ? thou hast delivered my soul 
from death , mine eyes from tears , and my 
feet from falling, 

I will walk before the Lord in the land of 
the living. 

I believed , and therefore will I speak 5 
but I was sore troubled : I said in my haste y 
All men are liars . 


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What reward shall I give unto the Lord, 
for all the benefits that he hath done unto me ? 

1 will receive the cup of salvation, and 
call upon the name of the Lord: 

I will pay my vows now in the presence of 
all his people: right dear in the sight of the 
Lord is the death of his saints. 

Behold, O Lord, how that 1 am thy ser¬ 
vant, and the son of thy handmaid $ thou 
hast broken my bonds in sunder. 

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanks¬ 
giving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the 
sight of all his people, in the courts of the 
Lord’Ks house, even in the midst of thee, O 
Jerusalem, Praise the Lord. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost $ 

As it teas in the beginning, is now, and, 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

Let us pray. 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, etc. 

O God, to whom all hearts are open, all 
desires known, and from whom no secrets are 
hid we tremble at the thought that all our 
transgressions, which we would even hide from 
ourselves, are naked and open in thy sight. 


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SATURDAY EVENING. 


But lamenting our ingratitude and trusting in 
thy mercy, we prostrate ourselves before thee, 
and earnestly implore the forgiveness of our 
sins. We acknowledge, O Lord, that we have 
gone far astray from thee by our iniquities, and 
most justly deserve to be cast from thy pre¬ 
sence. But what in our own unworthiness we 
dare not to ask, we humbly look for through 
the merits of thy Son. We hear and accept 
the gracious invitation, come unto me all ye 
that are weary and heavy laden and I will 
refresh you. We come unto thee, Lord, accord¬ 
ing to thy word, we confidently rely on the 
faithfulness of thy promises, we run unto thee 
as an inviolable asylum where we hope to find 
the assurance of our salvation and the remission 
of our sins. We come unto thee to protest 
again, sincerely and forever, our fidelity to thy 
service $ to renew the covenant which we made 
with thee in baptism, and which we have so 
often and shamefully broken £ and to promise 
hereafter, in dependence on thy grace, to shun 
all the occasions of sin and to walk before thee 
in holiness and righteousness all the days of 
our life, through the same Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. Amen . 

And what shall we render unto thee O God, 
for all thy goodness and loving kindness to us ? 


SATURDAY EVENING. 


321 


For the innumerable benefits which we have 
received at thy hands ? Thou hast freely 
given to us all that we are and all that we have. 
Thou hast created us in thine own image, pre¬ 
served us to this hour, redeemed us by the 
sufferings and death of thy dear Son, and wash¬ 
ed us from our iniquities in his precious blood. 
Thou hast relieved us in our necessities, res¬ 
cued us frou dangers, pardoned us in our sins, 
and loaded u. with favours. We praise thee, 
we bless thee, v e worship thee, we give thanks 
to thee for thy great glory and goodness, O Lord 
God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. 
We adore thee for thy Son Jesus Christ mani¬ 
fested in the flesh to destroy the works of the 
devil, and who is the fountain of all the mercies 
both temporal and spiritual which thou hast so 
bountifully bestowed on thy unworthy crea¬ 
tures. We adore thee for the gift of the Holy 
Ghost the Comforter, who hath sanctified and 
sealed us unto the day of redemption; who 
with thee and thine only begotten Son, ever 
liveth and reigneth, one God, world without 
end. Amen . 

O God, who hatest nothing that thou hast 
made and whose mercy is over all thy works, 
look graciously upon this State and Diocese in 
which we live. Send down the dews of heaven 



322 


SATURDAY EVENING. 


to fertilize our fields, restrain excessive rains, and 
keep off blight, mildew, or any other disaster 
which may injure the fruits of the earth. Re¬ 
move far from us plague, pestilence, and famine, 
and all contagious diseases and public wants. 
Increase the number of thy zealous worshippers, 
banish sacrilege, profanation, irreverence and 
lukewarmness from thy sanctuary, and every¬ 
where revive virtue and piety among thy peo¬ 
ple. Save thy servants, O Lord, who put their 
trust in thee, and bless those whom thou hast 
chosen for thine inheritance. Give them thy 
grace in this world and thy glory in the next. 
Thou who art the Comforter of the distressed, 
the Father of the fatherless, the Judge of the 
widow, and the Protector of the faithful, have 
pity upon those who are in trouble, sorrow, 
need, sickness, or any other adversity $ give 
them patience under their sufferings and a 
happy issue out of all their afflictions. Cast a 
favourable eye, O Lord, upon thy Spouse the 
Holy Catholic Church, and grant that she may 
be without spot or wrinkle, or any blemish on 
her beauty and glory. Destroy the power of 
those who assail, and subdue the pride of those 
who persecute her. Put an end to heresy and 
schism, enlighten the eyes of the blind, make 
known thy truth to those who are in darkness 
and error, and bring back all who have strayed 


SATURDAY EVENING. 


323 


from thy fold. And finally, O Lord, have mer¬ 
cy upon all men: give repentance to sinners, 
strength to the feeble-minded, and perseverance 
to the just. And as thy blessed Son hath died 
for us all, so unite us all with thee and one 
another by the bonds of charity on earth, and 
in an everlasting communion in heaven, through 
the merits of the same’, our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. Amen . 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc* 








A PRAYER TO BE USED BY A CHILD. 


O Lord my God, who dwellest in heaven, 
but yet beholdest all things that are done upon 
earth, and who by thy blessed Son hast invited 
little children to come unto thee, accept, I be¬ 
seech thee, the praises which I now offer unto 
thee, and mercifully hear my prayers. Thou 
art my Creator $ for thou hast made us, and 
not we ourselves. I thank thee, therefore, O 
Heavenly Father, for the gift of life, and for the 
comforts and enjoyments with which thou hast 
blessed it. Thou art my Preserver, by whose 
watchful providence I am kept from the dan¬ 
gers with which I am surrounded. My safety, 
my health and happiness, are all owing to thy 
gracious and fatherly care. O may I be duly 
thankful to thee for thy mercy and protection 
every hour that I live. Above all, I bless and 
praise thee, O Lord, for thine unspeakable love 
in sending thine only Son into the world to die 
for our offences, and to save us from sin and 
eternal death. Enable me to live as I ought 
to live, in the remembrance of thy great good¬ 
ness towards us. Make me so to guard my 

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326 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 


heart and govern my conduct, that whatever I 
think and whatever I do, may be pleasing and 
acceptable in thy sight. 

And grant, O Lord, that I may be careful 
in all my behaviour towards men. Make me 
dutiful and loving to my parents, kind and af¬ 
fectionate to my brothers and sisters, obedient 
and respectful to my pastors and teachers, 
modest, humble, and gentle in all my inter¬ 
course with my companions and friends. 
Grant that I may be pure in my thoughts, true 
in my words, and holy and unblameable in all 
my deeds; that keeping a conscience void of 
offence, I may live in favour with thee and’in 
honour among men, and at last be received 
into thy heavenly kingdom, through Jesus 
Chist our Lord. Amen . 

BY A YOUNG PERSON. 

O blessed and eternal God, I render unto 
thee praise and glory for thy great mercy to 
me, in giving me birth in a Christian land, and 
not allotting me a portion with those who are 
still sitting in darkness and the shadow of death. 
More especially I thank thee, that thou didst 
bless me with a pious mother whose heart was 
sanctified by thy grace, whose mouth was 
opened in wisdom, whose tongue was governed 


OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 


327 


by the law of kindness, and who, in gentleness 
and love hath unceasingly endeavoured to bring 
me up in the nurture and admonition of the 
Lord. I thank thee that thou didst incorporate 
me in baptism into thy holy Church, that thou 
didst admit me to all the privileges of thy cove¬ 
nant, and that being regenerated and made thy 
child by adoption and grace, thou didst daily 
renew me by thy Holy Spirit. I thank thee 
that thou didst bless me with the opportunity, 
and inspire me with the inclination, to ratify 
my vows in confirmation; and that thou hast 
given me a good and comfortable hope that I 
may continue thine for ever. I confess, O 
Lord, with shame and confusion of face, that 
I have not had a due sense of thine unspeaka¬ 
ble mercies, nor made a suitable improvement 
of the means of grace, with which I have been 
so abundantly blessed. I have too often broken 
the promises made in my behalf, and which 
were afterwards confirmed by my own act. 
And yet thou hast continued to me life and 
time of repentance, and didst not cut me off in 
the beginning g f my days and the progress of 
my sins. O merciful Father, pardon the errors 
and ignorances, the vices and vanities, of my 
childhood and youth. Look not upon me as I 
am in myself, but, through Jesus Christ, behold 
thy servant. Clothe me with the robes of his 


328 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS* 

righteousness, wash me in his blood, conform me 
to his image, fill me with his Spirit. And now 
that, by thy help, I still persist in the purpose 
of leading a righteous and godly life, enable me 
also effectually to perform it, that each year 
which passes over me may bring me nearer to 
thyself, and that after a holy and blessed death, 
I may be brought unto a glorious eternity, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

PRAYER BY A Y6UNG WOMAN BEFORE MARRIAGE. 

O glorious God, my most indulgent and 
gracious Father, who dost bless us by thy 
bounty, pardon us by thy mercy, support and 
guide us by thy grace, and govern us wisely by 
thy providence ; I give thee most humble and 
hearty thanks, that thou hast hitherto preserved 
me in my virgin state with innocence and 
chastity, with an unspotted name and a good 
report. It is through thy mercy alone and the 
inspiration of thy Spirit, that I have been pre¬ 
served ; and to thee I return all thanks and 
praise, all adoration and love, for thine infinite 
goodness. 

And now, O Lord, since by the dispensa¬ 
tion of thy overruling providence I am to change 
my condition and enter into the holy state of 
marriage, which thou hast sanctified by thy 
institution, blessed by thy word and promises, 


OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 329 

and raised up to an excellent mystery that it 
might represent the union of Christ and his 
Church 5 grant that in entering and passing 
through this state, it may not be to me a state 
of temptation or sorrow, by occasion of my sins 
or infirmities, but of holiness and comfort, as 
thou hast intended it to all that love and fear 
thy holy name. 

Lord, guide, sanctify, and preserve the per¬ 
son whom I have chosen to be my husband: 
let his life be long and blessed, holy and com¬ 
fortable ; and let me also become a blessing 
and comfort unto him, a sharer in ail his joys, 
a refreshment in all his sorrows, a meet helper 
for him in all the changes and chances of this 
mortal life. Make me for ever amiable and 
engaging in his eyes. Join his heart to me in 
the union of love and holiness, and mine to him 
in all sweetness, charity, and compliance. 
Keep from me all moroseness and ungentleness, 
all sullenness and harshness, all vanity and 
pride, all fretful ness and discontent 5 and make 
me humble and obedient, charitable and loving, 
gentle and patient, that we may delight in each 
other according to thy blessed word and ordi¬ 
nance, and both of us may rejoice in thee, 
having our portion in thy love and service for 
ever and ever. 

O blessed Father, suffer not any vexations 

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330 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 

and cares, any mistakes or accidents, to cause 
any unkindness between us ; but let us so 
dearly love, so affectionately observe, so re¬ 
ligiously attend to each other’s good and con¬ 
tent, that we may become mutual helps in the 
way of godliness. And grant, that after having 
enjoyed in this world the comforts and bless¬ 
ings of a married life, and the endearments of 
a holy and uniform affection, we may dwell for 
ever together in the world to come, and cele¬ 
brate the marriage supper of the Lamb to eter¬ 
nal ages in thy heavenly kingdom, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

BY A WOMAN AFTER MARRIAGE. 

O eternal God, who hast been my guide 
and my defence all my days, who didst take 
me from my mother’s womb, and conduct me 
through the various changes and chances of 
life with wisdom and goodness; I bless and 
praise thy holy name for all the merciful dis¬ 
pensations of thy providence. Thou hast gra¬ 
ciously preserved me from the effects of thy 
wrath and my own infirmities. Thou hast 
defended me from evil and led me into all good, 
by the grace and guidance of thy holy Spirit. 
Thou hast ever hearkened unto my cry, being 
always more ready to hear than we to pray. 
Thou hast said unto me, I will never leave thee 


OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 331 

nor forsake thee : be graciously pleased, there¬ 
fore, to hear the prayer of thy handmaid, that 
I may be enabled by thy providence and grace 
to do my duty in all the relations of life and 
changes of the world, until my great change 
come. 

Give unto thy servant, my husband, a long 
life and a confirmed health ; encircle him with 
blessings, adorn him with thy grace, refresh 
him with a perpetual succession of comforts, 
let the light of thy countenance be upon him 
in all the circumstances and actions of his life $ 
and grant that he may still more and more in¬ 
crease in the love and fear of thy holy name, 
that looking with a comparative indifference 
upon the things of this world, and hungering 
and thirsting after righteousness, he may have 
his portion in the gathering together of thy 
saints in the kingdom of grace and glory. 

Bless me also, O heavenly Fatlier, and grant 
that I may in all things do my duty to thee, my 
God. Give me a perfect command over all 
my passions and affections, that they being 
subject to my will, and my will being guided 
by reason and religion, I may never fall into 
any violent transports, but may pass through 
the several circumstances of life with evenness 
of temper and soberness of mind, with meek¬ 
ness and charity, prudence and discretion. O 


332 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 


give thy servant a right judgment in all things, 
that I may not be perplexed at trifles, nor dis¬ 
composed by unexpected accidents , that I may 
not be inflamed with an eager and passionate 
desire for the things of this world, nor discon¬ 
tented under its losses and trials. But grant 
that I may do my duty with a calm and quiet 
spirit, and approve myself to thee in a sincere 
and hearty obedience, in piety and devotion, 
in patience and humility, in chastity and purity, 
and in holiness and righteousness all my days. 
And do thou give me thy blessed Spirit to 
teach me and guide me in thy ways $ and 
grant that I may overcome all my temptations, 
bear with the infirmities of others, charitably 
pardon their errors, fairly interpret their ac¬ 
tions, and indulgently judge of their motives 5 
that I may receive pardon of thee for all my 
sins, pity for all my infirmities, thy blessing up¬ 
on all my actions, and a sanctification of all my 
intentions 5 and that when the work of my life 
is done, I may have thy peace and the testi¬ 
mony of a good conscience, and finally may be 
gathered unto my fathers in the hope of a bless¬ 
ed resurrection and of a portion in the inheri¬ 
tance of thy saints in light, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 333 

PRAYER BY THE MOTHER BEFORE CHILD-BIRTH. 

O Almighty God, Father of men and an¬ 
gels, in whose hands are the keys of life and 
death 5 look down in great mercy and gentlest 
compassion upon thy unworthy servant. Thou 
hast fixed the sharpest decree of sorrow and 
pain upon the weakest of mankind $ but thou 
so lovest to magnify thy mercies and thy power, 
as that thy strength may be seen in our weak¬ 
ness. So let it be, O God, unto thy handmaid; 
let thy loving* kindness be my confidence and 
my rest, my hope and my security, both now 
and in the hour of my travail. 

Lord, let thy holy angels be present with 
thy servant in their charitable ministeries about 
my person. It is a great thing that I ask, but 
I beg it of the King of heaven and earth, who 
hath promised that his angels shall stand around 
them that fear the Lord. Look, G Lord, upon 
my fear and sanctify it, that it may lead me to 
carefulness in my duty and obedience to thy 
commandments. Increase my love of thee, 
and make it to be pure and perfect, that I may 
abound in every good work, and be holy and 
unreprovable in thy sight. Give me grace to 
rely with unshaken confidence upon thy glo¬ 
rious promises. Thou hast commanded us to 
call upon thee in our trouble, and hast promised 
to deliver us. O leave me not, nor forsake me, 


334 


OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 


for there is none that can help or deliver, but 
only thou, O God. In thee, O Lord, do I put 
my trust; let me never be confounded. Give 
me patience and resignation, a perfect abandon¬ 
ment of my own will, and a conformity to thine $ 
that I may be prepared to endure evil at thy 
hand with fortitude, or to receive good with 
thankfulness. But yet, O Lord my God, give 
thy servant leave to pray unto thee, that thou 
wilt not cut me off in the midst of my days, 
nor forsake me when my strength faileth. 
Spare me, O God, that I may live to serve thee, 
to redeem my time misspent in folly, to gain 
victory over my temptations, and perfect do¬ 
minion over my passions. O spare me a little, 
that I may recover my strength, before I go 
hence and be no more seen; so shall thy ser¬ 
vant rejoice in thy mercies, and speak of thy 
loving-kindness in the Church of thy redeemed. 
And grant that those impressions of fear and 
love, of hope and desire, which thy grace 
makes upon me in the circumstances of my 
present condition, may abide in my soul for 
ever, and in the days of ease and safety may 
be as productive of holiness, as they now are 
of hearty prayers and passionate desires for thy 
mercies upon me in a safe and blessed child¬ 
birth. 

Lord, be gracious unto my child, and grant 


OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 335 

that it may be born with a perfect body and a 
sound mind, and let thy Spirit of grace bless 
and sanctify it in baptism, and conduct it in 
safety and holiness from the cradle to the grave. 
Hear me, O gracious God, for his sake who 
suffered the infirmities of our nature, and died 
for our sins, and rose again for our justification, 
thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen . 

THANKSGIVINGS AFTER RECOVERY FROM CHILD-BIRTH. 

As it hath pleased Thee, O Almighty God, 
who hast commanded us when we are afflicted 
to pray and hast promised to be with us in 
trouble, to make good thy truth and mercy un¬ 
to me in standing at my right hand in the day 
of my sorrow and danger, giving me a safe de¬ 
liverance and a living and hopeful child 5 I 
therefore return to Thee, O God, the sacrifice 
of a joyful and thankful heart, in an humble 
acknowledgment of thy divine mercies and 
goodness unto me in this great blessing and 
happy deliverance from the pain and peril of 
child-birth. O gracious Lord, who healest 
every sickness and every disease, and who art 
always present to the prayers of them who in 
the day of trouble call upon thy holy name, 
continue and renew thy loving-kindness unto 
me. Keep me from all violent accidents and 
intolerable pains, from colds and fevers, and 


336 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 

defend me by the guardianship of the angels 
of light from all the assaults of the powers of 
darkness. Give me refreshing rest and sleep, 
a meek and quiet spirit, unshaken confidence 
in thy goodness and power, a daily sense of thy 
mercies, a speedy restoration of health and 
strength, and a thankful heart, that I may 
praise Thee in the congregation of saints, and 
serve thee with an increasing zeal and a per¬ 
severing duty all the days of my life, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O most merciful Saviour, who didst take 
our nature upon thee, and wert born of a pure 
virgin ; who hast felt the calamities of mankind, 
and knowest how to pity our infirmities, and 
rejoicest in doing and showing mercy to all 
that need and to all that call unto Thee for 
succour; I give Thee thanks and praise that 
thou hast heard my prayers, and considered 
my cries, and relieved my necessities, and kept 
my life from the grave, still continuing to me a 
portion in the land of the living, and an oppor¬ 
tunity of serving Thee and doing good in my 
generation. O continue and increase, and 
sanctify thy mercies to me. Pardon all my 
sins, pity my infirmities, assist me in my duty, 
keep me from all evil by thy watchful provi¬ 
dence, and lead me into all good by thy hea- 


OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 33? 

Vdily grace; that walking humbly and devout¬ 
ly before Thee, piously and dutifully to my 
relatives and friends, doing justice and giving a 
good example to those with whom I shall con¬ 
verse, I may find the rewards of holiness and 
the eternal mercies of God in the day of thy 
glorious appearing, O blessed Jesus, our Advo- 
cate and Redeemer. A.men, 

; A PRAYER BY THE PARENTS BEFORE THE CHILD IS 
BAPTIZED. 

O Almighty and eternal God, who hast 
redeemed us from sin and shame, from the 
sting of death and the gates of hell, and from 
ignorance and darkness by thy dear Son, who 
is that light which lighteneth every man that 
cometli into the world ; we praise and glorify 
Thee for having called us to the knowledge of 
thy will, to the love of thy name, and the ser¬ 
vice of thy Majesty which is perfect freedom. 

As thou hast dealt graciously with us, so 
deal with this infant whom we shall bring and 
offer to our blessed Saviour, that he should re- 
ceive him and bless him with the blessings of 
an everlasting love. O most gracious Lord, he 
is thine by creation: make him thine also by 
adoption. Let him be admitted into Christ’s 
kingdom, enter into his warfare, believe in 
his doctiine, and hope for his promises; that 




338 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 

this child may have his understanding for ever 
brought unto the obedience, his affections to 
the love, and all his faculties to the service of 
Christ, and that after he hath served Thee in 
his generation he may receive his part and por¬ 
tion in thy glory, through the same thy Son, 
our gracious Advocate and Redeemer. Amen. 

A MOTHER’S PRAYER BEFORE THE CHILD IS BAPTIZED. 

O Almighty God, who hast given the pro¬ 
mise of thy Spirit to us and to our children, 
even to as many as Thou shalt call, give thy 
holy Spirit to my infant, that the wicked one 
may not approach him , to hurt the body, nor 
deceive the understanding, nor corrupt the will, 
nor pollute the affections of my child; but that 
thy Spirit, who, like the wind which bloweth 
where it listeth, and no man knows whence it 
cometh nor whither it goeth, may by his secret 
influences renew and transform him into the 
image of thy Son 5 that the kingdom of God 
which is within and cometh not with observa¬ 
tion, may be early established in this infant 5 
that thy grace may rule and govern his con¬ 
duct, prevent the folly of his childhood from 
growing up to sin in his youth, and work in 
him effectually when his weakness, his igno¬ 
rances, and temptations are most liable to lead 
him astray 5 and that he may be guided by the 


OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 339 

Spirit in the paths of thy commandments from 
his cradle to his grave. Admit him, O God, 
into the bosom of the Church, into the arms of 
thy mercy, into a right of the promises, into the 
communion of saints, and grant that being 
buried with Christ in baptism he may also rise 
with him to righteousness here, and glory here* 
after in thy heavenly kingdom, through the 
same our blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus 
Christ Amen . 

A THANKSGIVING AFTER THE CHILD IS BAPTIZED. 

We give Thee thanks and praise, O hea¬ 
venly Father, that it hath pleased Thee to call 
our child to thy holy baptism, to sanctify him 
with thy Spirit, to admit him into thy Church, 
to adopt him for thine own child, and to make 
him a partaker of the promises in Christ Jesus 
our Lord, And we humbly beseech Thee, to 
vouchsafe him thy grace to accompany him all 
the days of his life, that he may hold fast the 
profession of his faith, and make his calling 
and election sure. Grant that his body being 
washed in pure water, and his heart sprinkled 
from an evil conscience, he may follow Thee 
in the regeneration, and that after the end of 
this life, he may for ever be with them who 
have washed their robes and made them white 
in the blood of the Lamb, through the same 


340 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 


Jesus Christ, our blessed Saviour and Redeem¬ 
er. Amen . 

A PRAYER AFTER THE CHILD IS BAPTIZED. 

O most holy and gracious Saviour, who j 
lovest thy Church, and hast given thyself for it, j 
that thou mightest sanctify and cleanse it, and ■ 
present it pure and without spot before God $ 
do thou with thy holy Spirit enlighten, and 
with thy word instruct the understanding of 
our child, that he may learn thy will and 
obey thy laws, and live by faith and not by 
sight. 

O God, be thou his Father for ever, Christ 
his elder brother and his Lord, the Church 
his mother 5 let the body of Christ be his food, 
the blood of Christ his drink, and the Spirit 
the earnest of his inheritance. Let faith be 
his learning, religion his employment, heaven 
the object of his hopes and the end of his la¬ 
bours 5 let Mm be thy servant in the kingdom 
of grace, and thy adopted child in the kingdom 
of glory. And since, blessed Lord, thou hast 
made thy angels ministering spirits to them 
who shall be heirs of salvation, of thy mercy 
and goodness send them forth, we beseech thee, 
to be the guardians of our child. Defend him 
from all dangers of body and soul, and make 
him wise, useful, and holy, beloved of men and 





OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 341 

beloved of thee, O God, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

A MOTHER’S PRAYER FOR HER CHILDREN. 

O most gracious and eternal God, who hast 
promised to be a Father to a thousand genera¬ 
tions of them that love and fear thee, be thou 
a God and a Father to me, and the children 
which thou hast given me. Enable me to 
bring them up in the nurture and admonition 
of the Lord, to the praise and honour of thy 
holy name. O give me thy grace and favour, 
that I may instruct them with prudence and 
firmness, and lead them, both by precept and 
example, into the ways of righteousness and 
truth $ never provoking them to wrath by the 
harshness of my rebukes, nor through weakness 
indulging them in their follies. And that all 
my children may be thine, O preserve them in 
thy favour or take them away from hence 
whilst they are innocent. But if it be thy 
good pleasure to let them live to a full age, se¬ 
cure to them, I beseech Thee, a full measure 
of piety and holiness. To this end give them 
grace to obey their parents, that doing the duty 
they may receive the promise. Preserve them 
from sin and shame, from youthful follies and 
youthful crimes. Sanctify them wholly in their 
bodies, souls, and spirits, that their thoughts 



342 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 

may be pure and spotless, and acceptable in 
thy sight. Let their words be discreet and 
prudunt, sincere and holy, that they may min¬ 
ister grace unto the hearers. Let all their ac¬ 
tions be such as become the servants of Christ*, 
that pleasing Thee and doing good to others, 
they may increase in the love of Thee, their 
God, and in favour with men; and may have 
the portion of the meek and humble in this 
world, and of the pure and merciful in the 
world to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 

A PRAYER, TO BE USED BY MARRIED PERSONS, FOR 
DOMESTIC LOVE AND UNION, AND THE PROPER 
NURTURE OF CHILDREN. 

O God, who hast consecrated the estate of 
matrimony to such an excellent mystery, that 
in it is signified and represented the spiritual 
marriage and unity between Christ and his 
Church 5 grant that we may ever remain in 
perfect love and peace together, and live ac¬ 
cording to thy laws. Make us kind in our dis¬ 
positions towards each other, charitable and 
indulgent in our thoughts, gentle and forbear¬ 
ing in our conversation, faithful and unspotted 
in our conduct. And as this holy estate was 
ordained for our mutual society, help and com¬ 
fort, both in prosperity and adversity, keep us 


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in tender communion and fellowship, and fill 
us with all spiritual benediction and grace, that 
we may so live together in this life, that in the 
world to come we may have life everlasting. 
We beseech Thee also to assist us with thy 
blessing, that we may bring up our children in 
thy nurture and fear. Let not our wholesome 
instructions lose their effect from our own neg¬ 
ligence and sinfulness, from the violence of our 
passions, and the harshness of our rebukes, but 
enable us to set before them an example of all 
virtuous and godly living, to the praise and 
honour of thy holy name, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

A PRAYER FOR A PERSON GOING TO SEA. 

O eternal God, who alone spreadest out 
the heavens and rulest the raging of the sea, I 
commend myself to thy almighty protection on 
the great deep. Guard, me I beseech thee, 
from the dangers of the sea, from sickness, from 
the violence of enemies, and from every evil to 
which I may be exposed. Conduct me in 
safety to the haven where 1 would be, with a 
grateful sense of thy mercies, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

ANOTHER FOR A PERSON EITHER BEFORE A JOURNEY 
OR GOING TO SEA. 

O almighty God, who fillest all things 


344 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 

with thy presence and art a God afar off as 
well as near at hand, who didst send thy Angel 
to bless Jacob in his journey, and didst lead 
the children of Israel through the Red Sea, 
making it a wall on the right hand and on the 
left ; let thy presence I beseech thee go with 
me in my journey, (voyage) and be thou my 
guide and my guard, my light and defence. 
Preserve me from thieves and robbers, (pirates) 
from the violence of enemies, from quarrels 
and bloodshed with companions and friends, 
from evil accidents and from sudden death. 
Prosper my journey (voyage) to thy glory and 
all my innocent and lawful purposes. Protect 
and deliver me from the assaults of temptation 
and the snares of sin, that I may return to my 
home in peace and holiness with thy favour 
and blessing $ and grant that I may serve thee 
in thankfulness and obedience all the days of 
my pilgrimage on earth, and bring me at last 
to that better country, the heavenly Jerusalem, 
where I may dwell with thee in perpetual rest 
and felicity, through my Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. Amen . 

A THANKSGIVING FOR A SAFE RETURN FROM SEA 

Most gracious Lord, whose mercy is over 
all thy works, and who hast been pleased to 
conduct in safety thy unworthy servant through 


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the perils of the great deep 5 accept I beseech 
thee, for this manifestation of thy love, the un¬ 
feigned offering of my gratitude and praise. 
May I be duly sensible of thy merciful provi¬ 
dence towards me, and ever express my thank¬ 
fulness by a holy trust in thee, and obedience to 
thy laws, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

AFTER A JOURNEY OR VOYAGE. 

Almighty God, who savest my life from 
destruction and crownest me with mercy and 
loving kindness, blessed be thy holy name that 
thou hast brought me in safety to the end of 
my journey, (voyage) and preserved me from 
the innumerable accidents and dangers to 
which I was exposed. It is of thy mercy that 
I have been kept in life and health, notwith¬ 
standing the pestilence that walketh in darkness 
and the arrow that flieth by noonday. It is of 
thy watchful providence that I have been de¬ 
fended from the assaults and violence of wick¬ 
ed men, and of thy free and unmerited grace 
that I have been delivered from the snares and 
temptations of the devil and the flesh. Lord 
enable me to rejoice and triumph in thy praise, 
and not only to express my thanks with my 
lips but to show forth my grateful sense of thy 
mercies in my life, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen . 




















































































































































































































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FOR THE 


SICK AND AFFLICTED. 


A GENERAL PRAYER FOR THE SICK. 

O Almighty God and merciful Father, 
whose never-failing providence ordereth all 
things both in heaven and earth 5 we humble 
ourselves before Thee with the deepest rever¬ 
ence, acknowledging that even in thy severest 
dispensations thou hast kind intentions and 
gracious designs towards us. Visit and behold 
this thy servant, upon whom thou hast laid 
thine afflicting hand. Sanctify, we beseech 
Thee, thy fatherly correction to him, and grant 
that he may receive it with meekness, and bear 
it with patience. Suffer him not, O Lord, to 
murmur and repine either at the length or 
severity of his trials, but let all thy visitations 
be so blessed to him by the aid and comfort of 
thy Holy Spirit, as to be the means of weaning 
him from the world, of bringing him nearer to 
thyself, and of purifying his soul from all the 
dross and defilement which it may have con¬ 
tracted in this sinful life. We know, O Fa¬ 
ther, that thou dost not willingly afflict and 




348 PRAYERS FOR TIIE 

grieve the children of men, and that thou of thy 
goodness hast caused thy servant to be troubled. 
O grant him such a measure of grace, as may 
enable him cheerfully to submit his will to 
thine. And if, in the days of health and hap¬ 
piness, he hath at any time forgotten Thee and 
turned aside unto vanity and folly $ O merci¬ 
ful Father, let not his past faults provoke Thee 
to turn away thy face from him, now that he 
flies unto Thee in the time of his trouble. Shut 
not up thy tender mercies in displeasure, but 
for the merits and intercession of thy dear Son, 
pardon all his sins and restore him to thy love 
and favour. O Lord, support him under all 
his pains and infirmities. Strengthen his faith, 
enliven his hopes, increase his charity, and 
perfect his repentance. Make thou his bed in 
his sickness, and lay not more upon him than 
thou wilt enable him to bear. Give thy bless¬ 
ing to the means which may be used for his 
recovery, that if it shall be thy good pleasure 
to restore him to his former health, he may 
lead the residue of his life in thy fear and to 
thy glory. But if thou hast otherwise deter¬ 
mined, grant that the more the outward man 
decayeth, so much the more the inner man 
may be strengthened and renewed by thy Holy 
Spirit} and give him grace so to take thy visi¬ 
tation, that after this painful life ended, he may 


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dwell with Thee in life everlasting, through the 
merits and mediation of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. Amen . 

A PENITENTIAL PRAYER. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who art 
always more ready to hear than we to pray, 
and art wont to give more than either we de¬ 
sire or deserve, pour down upon thy servant 
the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving him 
those things whereof his conscience is afraid, 
and giving him those good things which we are 
not worthy to ask, but through the merits and 
mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. 

Impute not unto him, O Lord, the follies 
of his youth, nor any of the errors and miscar¬ 
riages of his life. Lay not to his charge what 
in the lust of the flesh, or in the lust of the eyes, 
or in the pride of life he hath committed against 
Thee. Lay not to his charge what in the sud¬ 
denness of his wrath, or in vain and idle words 
he hath committed against Thee. Remember 
not his offences, but spare him, good Lord 5 
spare thy servant whom thou hast redeemed 
with thy most precious blood, and be not angry 
with him for ever. Deliver him from the guilt 
and burden of his sins, from the sting and ter¬ 
rors of conscience, from impatience, distrust, 
or despair. O Lord God, may it please Thee 


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to remember him with the favour thou bearest 
unto thy people, and to visit him with thy sal¬ 
vation. Make him a partaker of all thy mer¬ 
cies and promises in Christ Jesus, and refresh 
him with the peace and consolations of thy 
Holy Spirit. Bless, O Lord, the means which 
may be used for his recovery, and deliver him 
in thy good appointed time from his bodily 
pain, that if it shall be thy pleasure to prolong 
his days here upon earth, he may live to Thee 
and be an instrument of thy glory, by serving 
Thee faithfully and doing good in his genera¬ 
tion 5 or if in thine infinite wisdom thou should- 
est otherwise order it, support him in patience 
and submission to thy will, send him seasonable 
relief in his sufferings, visit him with comforts 
from above, and finally receive him into those 
heavenly habitations, where the souls of those 
who sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual 
rest and felicity. Grant this, O Father, for thy 
mercies sake, in the same our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who livetli and reigneth with Thee, and 
the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. 
Amen . 


FOR ONE WHO IS WEAK IN FAITH. 

O Father of mercies and God of all com¬ 
fort, our only help in time of need ; we fly un¬ 
to Thee for succour in behalf of this thy afflict- 


SICK AND AFFLICTED. 351 

ed servant, and humbly beg that thy mercy 
may descend upon his body and his soul. 
We come unto thee in the name and merits of 
our Saviour, praying thee to pardon the sins of 
thy servant, to wash them away in the blood 
of thy Son, and to bury them in the grave of 
Him that died for us, that they may never rise 
up in judgment against him, nor bring him in 
the day of trial to shame and confusion of face. 

Give thy servant, O Lord, patience under 
his sorrows, and comfort in his long and wea¬ 
risome sickness. Thou knowest all his neces¬ 
sities and infirmities, the weakness of his faith, 
the errors of his understanding, and his great 
need of a livelier hope, a firmer trust, and a 
fuller assurance of the truths and promises of 
thy holy Gospel. O strengthen his faith, en¬ 
liven his hope, dispel from his mind all gloomi¬ 
ness and doubts, refresh him with the light and 
comfort of thy holy Spirit, and fill him with joy 
and peace in believing. Lift up his spirit above 
his frail and perishing body. Give him, if it be 
thy blessed will, a glimpse and foretaste of 
those things which thou hast prepared for them 
that love thee. And grant, that his sins being 
pardoned and the sting of death plucked out, 
he may be ready for his departure whenever 
thou shalt be pleased to call him hence ; that 
he may look at the grave as the gate of immor- 


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PRAYERS FOR THE 


tality, and the introduction to that holy, happy, 
and unchangeable state, where in thy presence 
there is the fulness of joy, and at thy right 
hand there is pleasure for evermore. All which 
we ask, for the sake of our Advocate and Re¬ 
deemer, Jesus Christ. Amen . 

FOR ONE WHO IS TROUBLED WITH DIFFICULTIES AND 
DOUBTS. 

O blessed Lord, the Father of mercies and 
the God of all consolation, we beseech thee to 
look down in pity and compassion upon this thy 
afflicted servant. In the multitude of the sor¬ 
rows that he hath in his heart, let thy comforts 
refresh his soul. Settle and calm the discom¬ 
posure of his thoughts. Speak peace to his 
troubled mind. Fill him with confidence and 
joy in the sense of thy pardon and love. And 
as thou hast given thy holy word for our learn¬ 
ing, that we through patience and comfort of 
the Scriptures might have hope ; shed upon 
him the bright beams of thy heavenly light, 
that he may clearly see the wonders of thy law 
and the riches of thy grace ; that he may real- 
lize the truths and promises of thy Gospel, and 
all darkness and doubt be chased away. Let 
this tral of him, O Lord, which has already 
had the gracious effect of making him more 
sensible of his guilt and anxious for thy favour, 


SICK AND AFFLICTED. 


353 


be still more sanctified and blessed to him ; till 
at length rising to higher degrees of faith and 
holiness, he may, through the blood of thy Son, 
be cleansed from all his sins, and presented 
pure and without spot before thee. And now 
that all other enjoyments fail him, represent 
thyself more effectually to him, as the only 
ground of his hope and rock of his salvation. 
Revive and support him with the consolations 
of thy Spirit. Fix his mind stedfastly on our 
great Redeemer, who has led the way through 
the grave to heaven, that he may not be terri¬ 
fied at the approach of death, but looking be¬ 
yond it to that high and holy place whither our 
Lord has gone before us, he may rejoice in the 
hope of eternal glory. Let this blessed pros¬ 
pect make him patient and resigned in his pre¬ 
sent sufferings, sustain him in his agony, and 
carry him safely through the last distress. Let 
not his faith waver, nor his hope fail; but grant 
that whenever thou art pleased to take him 
hence, he may die in peace and rise in glory. 
All which we ask, through the merits and 
mediation of Jesus Christ, our Advocate and 
Redeemer. Amen . 

FOR ONE WHO IS DANGEROUSLY ILL. 

O Lord our God, we come unto thee in 
behalf of this thy servant, here lying in great 

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354 PRAYERS FOR THE 

weakness of body under thy chastening hand. 
Look down upon him, we beseech thee, in pity. 
We know, O Lord, that if thou wilt thou canst 
even yet raise him up, and heal all his infirmi¬ 
ties. In submission to thy will, we beg this 
mercy at thy hands. Spare him, good Lord, 
and restore him to health. Comfort our hearts, 
by granting him a longer continuance among 
us. But however thou shalt be pleased to deal 
with him, yet, Lord, let his soul be ever pre¬ 
cious in thy sight. Give him repentance to¬ 
wards thee, and a lively and triumphant faith 
in Jesus Christ. Wash his soul with the blood 
of thy Son, and adorn it with the graces of thy 
Spirit, that it may be cleansed from all its de¬ 
filements, and in the great day be presented 
pure and without spot before thee. Fit him 
for whatever in thy wise providence thou hast 
appointed, that it may be unto him Christ to 
live, and gain to die, and that in all things he 
may find cause to glorify thy name. If thou 
shouldest be graciously pleased to raise him 
from his bed of languishing, grant that he may 
lead the residue of his life in thy fear and to 
thy glory. Or if thou hast otherwise determin¬ 
ed, prepare him for the hour of his departure. 
Support him in his last agonies. Defend him 
from the danger of his enemies. And finish all 
that is wanting in the work of his salvation* 


SICK AND AFFLICTED. 355 

Make his last end easy and peaceful, and his 
hope full of immortality. And finally receive 
him into the arms of thy unspeakable mercy, 
and into the glorious estate of thy chosen saints 
in heaven. All which we ask, in the name and 
through the mediation of our Advocate and 
Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen . 

FOR A SICK CHILD. 

Almighty God, and merciful Father, to 
whom alone belong the issues of life and death; 
look down from Heaven, we humbly beseech 
thee, with the eyes of mercy, upon this sick 
child. Deliver him, O Lord, in thy good ap¬ 
pointed time, from his bodily pain, and visit him 
with thy salvation; that if it should be thy good 
pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he 
may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy 
glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing good 
in his generation: or else receive him into 
those heavenly habitations, where the souls of 
those who sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy per¬ 
petual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, 
for thy mercies’ sake, in the same thy Son our 
Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth 
with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen . 


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PRAYERS FOR THE 


FOR A YOUNG PERSON WHO IS SICK. 

O Almighty God, the Lord of life and 
death, of sickness and health, regard our sup¬ 
plications, we humbly beseech thee, for this 
thy servant. In thy wisdom thou hast seen 
fit to visit him with trouble, and to bring dis¬ 
tress upon him. Deliver him in thy good ap¬ 
pointed time from his bodily pain, and save his 
soul for thy mercies’ sake. 

Acknowledge, O Lord, we beseech thee, 
this lamb of thy flock; remember him with the 
favour thou bearest unto thy chosen $ hear the 
voice of his complaint, grant him patience in 
his sufferings and support under the terrors 
which encompass him. Thou knowest where¬ 
of he is made, and rememberest that he is but 
dust. Look graciously, then, upon his infirmi¬ 
ties, relieve him from his fears, and give him 
comfort and sure confidence in thee. And 
when his flesh and his heart faileth, O be thou 
the strength of his heart and his portion for 
ever. Sanctify this thy Fatherly correction to 
him. Set before his eyes the things he hath 
done in the body, which have justly provoked 
thee to anger. Awaken in him unfeigned re¬ 
pentance for all the errors of his life past. 
Humble him in the remembrance of his offences 
and follies. But, O thou, who breakest not 
the bruised reed, nor quenchest the smoking 


SICK AND AFFLICTED. 357 

flax, consider his contrition, accept his tears, 
and give him stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus ; 
that his sins may be done away by thy mercy 
and his pardon sealed in heaven, before he go 
hence and be no more seen. 

But if it should be thy good pleasure to 
prolong his days here on earth, grant that he 
may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy 
glory, by serving thee faithfully and doing good 
in his generation. Grant that all sinful affec¬ 
tions may die in him. Endue him with hea¬ 
venly virtues. Replenish him with the truth of 
thy doctrine, adorn him with innocency of life, 
and daily increase in him thy manifold gifts of 
grace. Let thy Fatherly hand ever be over 
him. Let thy holy Spirit ever be with him. 
And so lead him in the knowledge and obe¬ 
dience of thy word, that in the end he may ob¬ 
tain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who with thee, and the Holy Ghost, 
liveth and reigneth ever one God, world with¬ 
out end. Amen . 

THANKSGIVINGS FOR THE BEGINNING OF A RECOVERY 
FROM SICKNESS. 

Great and mighty God, who bringest down 
to the grave, and bringest up again ; we bless 
thy wonderful goodness, for having turned our 
heaviness into joy, and our mourning into glad- 


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ness, by restoring this our brother to some de* 
gree of his former health. Blessed be thy 
name, that thou didst not forsake him in his 
sickness; but didst visit him with comforts from 
above ; didst support him in patience and sub¬ 
mission to thy will; and, at last, didst send 
him seasonable relief. Perfect, we beseech 
thee, this thy mercy towards him; and pros- 
per the means which shall be made use of 
for his cure; that being restored to health of 
body, vigour of mind, and cheerfulness of spirit^ 
he may be able to go to thine house, to offer 
thee an oblation with great gladness; and to 
bless thy holy name for all thy goodness to¬ 
wards him, through Jesus Christ our Saviour: 
To whom with thee and the holy Spirit, be all 
honour and glory, world without end. Amen . 

It is very meet, right, and our bounden 
duty, that we should at all times and in all 
places, give thanks and praise, honour and 
adoration, love and duty to thee, O Lord, the 
Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who 
hast known our soul in adversity, and delivered 
us from the evils which we most justly have de¬ 
served. We confess, O God, that we are less than 
the least of all thy mercies; but thy unbound¬ 
ed love rejoices in doing us good, and in pre¬ 
serving us from evil. Thou art gracious even 


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359 


when thou smitest us; but we cannot express 
thy loving-kindness to us, when thou sustainest 
us in our sorrows, when thou hearest our pray¬ 
ers, when thou relievest our necessities, when 
thou deliverest us from thy wrath, and snatch- 
est us from the power of the grave. O give 
unto thy servant a thankful heart, an obedient 
mind, carefulness in his duty, zeal for thy glory, 
submission to thy divine will and pleasure; 
that serving thee with all his powers, loving 
thee with all his heart and strength, obeying 
thee in all thy commandments, and delighting 
in thee in ail thy dispensations, he may he con¬ 
ducted in safety through the various changes 
of thy providence, defended in the temptations 
of his enemies, relieved in all his necessities, 
assisted in all his duties; that so he may pass 
through this valley of tears in peace and quiet¬ 
ness, in faith and charity, in the confidence of 
a holy hope, and in the strength of thy right¬ 
eous promises, to the fruition of those mercies 
which are the portion of obedience, through 
the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

THANKSGIVINGS FOR A RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 

O God, who art the giver of life, of health, 
and of safety; we bless thy name, that thou 
hast been pleased to deliver from his bodily 
sickness this thy servant, who now desireth 


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to return thanks unto thee. Gracious art thou 
O Lord, and full of compassion to the children 
of men. May his heart be duly impressed 
with a sense of thy merciful goodness, and 
may he devote the residue of his days to an 
humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 

Thou, O Lord, didst revoke the sentence 
which appeared to have gone out against him. 
Unto thee may he ascribe the honour and 
praise. May he be glad and rejoice in thy 
mercy, for thou hast considered his trouble and 
hast known his soul in adversity. As thou hast 
spread thy hand upon him for a covering, so 
also enlarge his heart with thankfulness and fill 
his mouth with praise. And let thy favour 
and loving-kindness endure for ever and ever 
upon thy servant, and grant that what thou 
hast sown in mercy may spring up in duty. O 
let thy grace so strengthen his purposes, that 
he may sin no more. Let him walk in the 
light of thy countenance and in the way of thy 
commandments, that living here to the glory 
of thy name, he may at last enter into the 
glory of thy kingdom and spend eternity in thy 
praise, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

FOR A PERSON IN A STATE OF DESPONDENCY. 

Almighty God, the aid of all who need, 


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361 


and the helper of those who fly unto thee for 
succour 5 accept, we beseech thee, the prayers 
which we now make for this thy servant, la¬ 
bouring under the gloomy apprehension of thy 
displeasure. Enter not into judgment with 
him, for if thou wilt be extreme to mark what 
is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it? 
Make him sensible, that though the wages of 
sin are death, yet thou hatest nothing that thou 
hast made, and desirest not the death of a sin¬ 
ner 5 that thou always punishest less than we 
deserve, and in thy wrath rememberest mercy. 
Grant that he may not dishonour thy name by 
doubting thy goodness, and by perverting the 
precepts and promises of thy gospel. Gra¬ 
ciously convince him of his error, and the sin¬ 
fulness of excluding himself from all hope of 
pardon for his offences, when thou hast declar¬ 
ed that those who come unto thee thou wilt in 
no wise cast out, and that the blood of Christ 
cleanseth from all sin. Preserve him, O Lord, 
from the neglect of the means of grace, as if 
they were no further useful, and keep him in 
the observance of every duty enjoined. And 
though he find no present comfort in the ways 
of thy laws and the works of thy command¬ 
ments, yet grant him perseverance, in hope 
that at last he shall receive the advantage of 
them. Let thy grace be sufficient for him in 


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all his trials and distress, and bring him, we 
humbly beseech thee, from this desponding 
condition, to rejoice in the better knowledge 
and practice of his duty. Deliver him, O Lord, 
from thy wrath and from the fear of it, for the 
sake of Jesus Christ, who made a full, perfect, 
and sufficient satisfaction for the sins of the 
whole world. Amen . 

FOR A PERSON UNDER AFFLICTION. 

O merciful God, and heavenly Father, 
who hast taught us in thy holy Word, that 
thou dost not willingly afflict or grieve the 
children of men, look with pity, we beseech 
thee, upon the sorrows of thy servant. In thy 
wisdom thou hast seen fit to visit him with trou¬ 
ble, and to bring distress upon him. Remem¬ 
ber him, O Lord, in mercy ; sanctify thy fa¬ 
therly correction to him; endue his soul with 
patience under his affliction, and with resigna¬ 
tion to thy blessed will; comfort him with a 
sense of thy goodness \ lift up thy countenance 
upon him, and give him peace, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A PRAYER TO BE USED WITH THE RELATIVES AND 
FRIENDS, AFTER THE SOUL IS DEPARTED. 

Almighty God, who governest all things 
in heaven and earth with infinite wisdom and 
infinite mercy, who bringest good out of evil 


SICK AND AFFLICTED. 363 

and comfort out of sorrow, and after the sad¬ 
dest visitations dost refresh thy children with 
the light of thy countenance, with the blessings 
of thy providence, with the succours of thy 
grace, and the consolations of thy Spirit ; have 
mercy upon this family, and return to us all 
with thy loving-kindness, changing our grief 
and anguish into holiness and joy. Be thou a 
Father to the fatherless, a husband to the wid¬ 
ow, and a God of comfort to them that mourn. 
Grant that thy servants may not sorrow as men 
without hope, nor murmur at thy dispensation 5 
that they may not complain of any thing but 
themselves, nor desire any thing but that thy 
will may be done on earth as it is in heaven. 
Grant that when Thou smitest us it may in¬ 
crease thy fear in us, and that when thou does! 
good to us in smiting, or forbearing, in chastis¬ 
ing, or comforting, it may increase thy love in 
us. And let thy Holy Spirit so govern our 
wills and understandings, our affections and 
passions, our desires and hopes, that we may 
live acceptably to thee in this world, and depart 
from it in thy peace and favour 5 looking for¬ 
ward to a joyful resurrection in the last day, 
and to the never-ending bliss and glory of thy 
heavenly kingdom, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen, 


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PRAYERS FOR THE 


UPON THE DEATH OF AN ACQUAINTANCE OR FRIEND. 

O God, whose days are without end, and 
whose mercies cannot be numbered; make 
us, we beseech thee, deeply sensible of the 
shortness and uncertainty of human life, and 
let thy Holy Spirit lead us through this vale 
of misery, in holiness and righteousness all the 
days of our lives: that when we shall have 
served thee in our generation, we may be 
gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony 
of a good conscience; in the communion of the 
Catholic Church; in the confidence of a cer¬ 
tain faith; in the comfort of a reasonable, re¬ 
ligious, and holy hope; in favour with thee our 
God, and in perfect charity with the world; all 
which we ask, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 

UPON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND EMINENT FOR PIETY. 

Blessed Lord, in whose sight the death of 
thy saints is precious, we magnify thy name for 
thine abundant goodness bestowed upon our 
departed friend, by which he was enabled so 
cheerfully to follow the steps of his blessed 
Master in his meekness and patience, his gen¬ 
tleness and submission, his courage and con¬ 
stancy, and great charity. We give thee hear¬ 
ty thanks for the good example of this thy ser¬ 
vant, who, having finished his course in faith, 


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365 


doth now rest from his labours. And we be¬ 
seech thee, that we, with all those who are de¬ 
parted in the true faith of thy holy name, may 
have our perfect consummation and bliss both 
in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting 
glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

FOR A FAMILY IN AFFLICTION UPON THE DEATH OF 
A CHILD. 

O eternal and merciful God, the just and 
righteous Governor of the world, who orderest 
all things both in heaven and earth, teach us to 
submit to thy will and adore thy wisdom in all 
the dispensations of thy providence. Let thy 
promises and threatenings, thy mercies and 
judgments, alike dispose us to holiness and 
obedience; that in the time of prosperity w T e 
may rejoice in thy goodness, and in the time of 
adversity consider the end of our afflictions. 
When thou smitest, sanctify unto us thy rod ; 
and when thou pressest heavily upon us, sup¬ 
port us with thy staff. Lord, open our under¬ 
standing, that we may know the meaning of thy 
voice when thou speakest from heaven in warn¬ 
ings and judgments. Let a holy fear so soften 
our spirits, and a devout love so sanctify our 
hearts, that apprehending the slightest intima¬ 
tion of thy pleasure, we may with repentance 
go out to meet thee, trusting in the gracious 

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promise that thine anger will endure but for a 
moment, and thy mercy and loving-kindness 
for ever. In the daily instances of mor¬ 
tality around us, may we see how frail and 
uncertain our own condition is. Behold, O 
Lord, thou hast made our days as it were a span 
long, and our age is even as nothing in respect 
of thee 5 and verily every man living is alto¬ 
gether vanity. Thou makest his beauty to 
consume away like a moth fretting a garment, 
or thou bringest him down suddenly to the 
grave in the fulness of his strength. For all 
flesh is as grass, and all the goodliness thereof 
is as the flower of the field. The grass wither- 
eth, the flower fadeth, but thy word, O God, 
shall stand for ever. Teach us, then, O Lord, 
so to number our days, that we may apply our 
hearts unto wisdom. 

O Father of mercies and God of all com¬ 
fort, we more especially beseech thee to look 
down with pity upon the sadness and sorrows 
of these thy servants. In thy wisdom thou 
hast seen fit to visit them with trouble, to take 
from them the pride of their eyes and the joy 
of their hearts. O Lord, suffer them not to 
sorrow as those who are without hope. Enable 
them to raise their thoughts above this trouble¬ 
some world from which their child has depart¬ 
ed, to the rest and bliss of which we humbly 


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367 


hope, it is now a partaker in the kingdom of 
heaven. And in the keen sense of their be¬ 
reavement, and the gradual dissolution of the 
ties which bind them to life, let their hearts be 
more stedfastly fixed on that place where true 
joys are alone to be found, and where sorrow 
and sighing are done away. Give them grace 
to look with a holy indifference upon the plea¬ 
sures and pursuits, the interests and possessions 
of this world, and with a meek and submissive 
spirit upon its crosses and trials. 

And let it be the most anxious care of us 
all, O Lord, to serve and please thee, and our 
greatest fear lest we should sin against thee, 
and fail of thy favour. Let our duty be our 
employment; let thy law be our rule, thy prov¬ 
idence our portion, thy Spirit our helper and 
guide; that when the cloud of affliction is pass¬ 
ed over we may see the brightness of thy face, 
and perpetual showers of grace and mercy re¬ 
freshing our sad and weary spirits; so when 
thou shalt have saved our souls from death, our 
eyes from tears, and our feet from falling, we 
will sing eternal praises to the honour of thy 
name, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with 
thee and the Holy Ghost ever liveth and reign- 
eth one God, world without end. Amen , 


368 


PRAYERS FOR THE 


UPON THE DEATH OF A HUSBAND AND FATHER. 

O eternal. God and merciful Father, who 
art the refuge and hope, the guardian and pro¬ 
tector of all who put their trust in thee \ look 
graciously upon thy servant whom thou hast 
smitten and afflicted, and whom thou alone 
canst heal. Thy hand presseth heavily upon 
her by reason of her weakness and infirmities. 
O strengthen her by thy grace. Send her help 
from above, and in the multitude of her sorrows 
let thy comforts refresh her soul. Open her 
eyes that she may see the gracious design of 
thy visitations. Enable her to bear them with 
patience and resignation, and so to improve 
them to her soul’s good, as to find that even in 
judgment there is mercy. May they deeply 
impress her mind with the uncertainty of our 
best earthly enjoyments, and make her more 
earnest and engaged in the pursuit of those 
which are durable and eternal. 

O Thou, who art the defender of the wid¬ 
ows, sustain thy servant in her sorrows, and 
help her in her duties. Let her sad state of 
widowhood be a state of repentance and holi¬ 
ness, of unfeigned piety and fervent devotion. 
Let her recall the negligences and offences of 
her past years in sorrow of soul. Let her afflic¬ 
tions wean her from the world, and let her 


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369 


hope and her joy, her desires and her conver¬ 
sation be in heaven. 

O Thou, who art the Father of the father¬ 
less, look graciously upon the children of this 
bereaved family. Spare them to be the com¬ 
fort and solace of their mother, and fit and 
dispose her to bring them up in the nurture and 
admonition of the Lord. Be thou their God 
and their Father, and let thy Providence be 
their protection, thy service their employment, 
thy angels their guards$ and so keep them by 
thy preventing and restraining grace, that they 
may never fall into sin, but serve thee faithfully 
here in their generation, and finally be made 
partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. 

Great God of mercy, heal all the breaches 
of this family, preserve and increase its remain¬ 
ing comforts, and send down upon it the contin¬ 
ual dew of thy blessing. Hear us, O Lord, for 
the sake of our Advocate and Redeemer Jesus 
Christ. Amen . 

PRAYERS UPON THE DEATH OF ANY RELATIVE OR 
FRIEND. 

O Almighty God, with whom do live the 
spirits of just men made perfect, grant to us 
thy servants, that we may die unto sin and live 
unto righteousness 5 that when we shall have 
served thee in our generation, we may be ga- 


370 PRAYERS FOR THE 

thered unto our fathers in peace, leaving a 
good name and a wholesome example behind 
us 5 that being holy in our lives, we may be 
blessed in our death ; and that with all those 
who have departed in thy faith and fear, we 
may be received into paradise, and rest in joy¬ 
ful hope of our perfect consummation and bliss 
in thy eternal and glorious kingdom, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

O most blessed Saviour, who art the resur¬ 
rection and the life, look graciously upon us thy 
servants, whose days pass away like a tale that 
is told, and as the remembrance of a guest that 
tarrieth but a night. O suffer us not to walk 
in a vain show, nor to disquiet ourselves in 
vain ; but let thy Holy Spirit lead us into the 
ways of righteousness and peace. Grant that 
our affections being weaned from this world, 
we may die daily, and that laying up a treasure 
of good works we may not dread the hour of 
our death, but be always ready for our depar¬ 
ture ; and let our portion be with the charitable 
and merciful on the right hand of the Father, 
where thou sittest and reignest in the glory of 
God for ever and ever. Amen . 

Almighty God, with whom do live the spi¬ 
rits of them that depart hence in the Lord, we 


SICK AND AFFLICTED. 371 

adore thy Majesty, and humbly submit to thy 
will in all the dispensations of thy providence. 
We magnify thy mercy, that it hath pleased 
thee to give a happy deliverance to this our 
brother out of the troubles and miseries of this 
sinful world. Thy counsels are secret, and 
thy wisdom is infinite 5 with the same hand 
thou hast crowned him and smitten us. Thou 
hast taken him into regions of felicity, and 
placed him among the saints and angels, and 
left us to mourn for our sins and thy displea¬ 
sure. Lord, turn thy anger into mercy, and 
thy chastisements into the means of our spirit¬ 
ual improvement. And we humbly beseech 
thee, of thy goodness, O Lord, to unite our 
supplications with the earnest desires of those 
holy souls who pray, and wait, and long for thy 
second coming. Accomplish thou the number 
of thy elect, and fill up the mansions in heaven 
which are prepared for all them that love the 
coming of the Lord Jesus $ that we, with all 
others departed this life in the true faith of thy 
holy name, may have our perfect consumma¬ 
tion and bliss in thy everlasting kingdom, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O merciful God, the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, who is the first-fruits of the resur¬ 
rection from the dead, and who by entering 


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into glory hast opened the kingdom of heaven 
to all believers; we humbly beseech thee to 
raise us from the death of sin to the life of 
righteousness, that being partakers of the death 
of Christ and followers of his holy life, we may 
be partakers of his Spirit and his glorious 
promises \ and that when we shall depart this 
life we may rest in him, as our hope is that 
this our brother doth. O suffer us not for any 
temptation of the world, or any snares of the 
devil, or any pains of death to fall from thee. 
Lord, let thy Holy Spirit enable us with his 
grace to fight a good fight with perseverance, 
to finish our course with holiness, and to keep 
the faith with constancy unto the end ; that at 
the day of judgment we may stand at the right 
hand of the throne of God, and hear the joy¬ 
ful sentence ; Come, ye blessed children of my 
Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you 
from the beginning of the world. Grant this, 
we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through 
Jesus Christ our Mediator and Redeemer. 
Amen . 


O N THE 


FESTIVALS AND FASTS OF THE CHURCH. 


SAINT ANDREW’S DAY. 

Almighty God, who didst give such grace 
unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he 
readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus 
Christ, and followed him without delay $ grant 
unto us all, that we, being called by thy holy 
word, may forthwith give up ourselves obedient¬ 
ly to fulfil thy holy commandments, through 
the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE. 

Almighty and everliving God, who for the 
greater confirmation of the faith, didst suffer 
thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy 
Son’s resurrection ; grant us so perfectly and 
without all doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus 
Christ, that our faith in thy sight may never be 
reproved. Hear us, O Lord, through the same 
Jesus Christ ) to whom with thee and the Holy 
Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and for 
evermore. Amen . 


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374 PRAYERS ON THE FESTIVALS 


THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, OR THE BIRTH-DAY OF 

CHRIST, COMMONLY CALLED CHRISTMAS-DAY. 

Almighty God, who hast given us thy on¬ 
ly begotten Son to take our nature upon him, 
and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin; 
grant that we, being regenerate and made thy 
children by adoption and grace, may daily be 
renewed by thy Holy Spirit, through the same 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth 
with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen . 

SAINT STEPHEN’S DAY. 

Grant, O Lord, that in all our sufferings 
here upon earth, for the testimony of thy truth, 
we may stedfastly look up to Heaven, and, by 
faith, behold the glory that shall be revealed; 
and, being filled with the Holy Ghost, may 
learn to love and bless our persecutors, by the 
example of thy first martyr Saint Stephen, who 
prayed for his murderers to thee, O blessed 
Jesus, who standest at the right hand of Godj 
to succour all those who suffer for thee, our 
only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 

SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST’S DAY. 

Merciful Lord, we beseech thee to cast 
thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that 
it being instructed by the doctrine of thy bless- 


AND FASTS OF THE CHURCH. 375 

ed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John, may so 
walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at 
length attain to everlasting life, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE INNOCENTS’ DAY. 

O Almighty God, who out of the mouths 
of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, 
and madest infants to glorfy thee by their 
deaths; mortify and kill all vices in us, and so 
strengthen us by thy grace, that by the inno- 
cency of our lives, and constancy of our faith, 
even unto death, we may glorify thy holy name) 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. 

Almighty God, who madest thy blessed 
Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the 
law for man 5 grant us the true circumcision 
of the Spirit, that our hearts and all our mem¬ 
bers being mortified from all worldly and car¬ 
nal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed 
will, through the same thy Son Jesus Christ 
Lord. Amen . 

THE EPIPHANY, OR MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE 
GENTILES. 

O God, who by the leading of a Star didst 
manifest thy only begotten Son to the Gentiles; 
mercifully grant that we, who know thee now 




376 PRAYERS ON THE FESTIVALS 

by faith, may, after this life, have the fruition 
of thy glorious Godhead, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL. 

O God, who, through the preaching of the 
blessed Apostle St Paul, hast caused the light 
of the Gospel to shine throughout the world \ 
grant, we beseech thee, that we having his 
wonderful conversion in remembrance, may 
show forth our thankfulness nnto thee for the 
same, by following the holy doctrine which he 
taught, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE, COM¬ 
MONLY CALLED THE PURIFICATION OF SAINT 
MARY THE VIRGIN. 

Almighty and everlasting God, we hum¬ 
bly beseech thy Majesty, that as thy only be¬ 
gotten Son was this day presented in the 
temple in substance of our flesh $ so we may 
be presented unto thee with pure and clean 
hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen . 

ST. MATTHIAS’S DAY. 

O Almighty God, who into the place of 
the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful ser¬ 
vant Matthias, to be of the number of the 
twelve Apostles; grant that thy Church, being 


AND FASTS OF THE CHURCH. 377 

always preserved from false Apostles, may be 
ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 

We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace 
into our hearts ; that as we have known the 
incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the 
message of an angel ; so by his cross and pas¬ 
sion we may be brought unto the glory of his 
resurrection, through the same Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

THE FIRST DAY OF LENT, COMMONLY CALLED ASH- 
WEDNESDAY. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest 
nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive 
the sins of all those who are penitent; create 
and make in us new and contrite hearts, that 
we, worthily lamenting our sins, and acknow¬ 
ledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, 
the God of all mercy, perfect remission and 
forgiveness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 

O Lord, we beseech thee, mercifully hear 
our prayers, and spare all those who confess 
their sins unto thee; that they, whose con¬ 
sciences by sin are accused, by thy merciful 


378 PRAYERS ON THE FESTIVALS 

pardon may be absolved, through Christ our 
Lord. Amen . 

O most mighty God and merciful Father, 
who hast compassion on all men, and hatest 
nothing that thou hast made; who wouldest 
not the death of a sinner, but rather that he 
should turn from his sin, and be saved $ merci¬ 
fully forgive us our trespasses $ receive and 
comfort us, who are grieved and wearied with 
the burden of our sins. Thy property is always 
to have mercy $ to thee only it appertained to 
forgive sins: spare us, therefore, good Lord, 
spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed: 
enter not into judgment with thy servants, who 
are vile earth, and miserable sinners 5 but so 
turn thine anger from us, who meekly acknow¬ 
ledge our vileness, and truly repent us of our 
faults 5 and so make haste to help us in this 
world, that we may ever live with thee in the 
world to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen . 

Turn thou us, O good Lord, and so shall 
we be turned. Be favourable, O Lord, be 
favourable to thy people, who turn to thee in 
weeping, fasting, and praying. For thou art 
a merciful God, full of compassion, long-suffer¬ 
ing, and of great pity. Thou sparest when w6 


AND FASTS OF THE CHURCH. 379 

deserve punishment, and in thy wrath thinkest 
upon mercy. Spare thy people, good Lord, 
spare them; and let not thine heritage be 
brought to confusion. Hear us, O Lord, for 
thy mercy is great; and after the multitude of 
thy mercies look upon us, through the merits 
and mediation of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who of thy 
tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy 
Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon 
him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the 
cross, that all mankind should follow the exam¬ 
ple of his great humility; mercifully grant that 
we may both follow the example of his patience, 
and also be made partakers of his resurrection, 
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


GOOD-FRIDAY. 

Almighty God, we beseech thee gracious¬ 
ly to behold this thy family, for which our Lord 
Jesus was contented to be betrayed, and given 
up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer 
death upon the cross, who now liveth and 
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever 
one God, world without end. Amen. 


380 PRAYERS ON THE FESTIVALS 

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose 
Spirit the whole body of the Church is govern¬ 
ed and sanctified; receive our supplications 
and prayers, which we offer before thee for all 
estates of men in thy holy Church, that every 
member of the same, in his vocation and min¬ 
istry, may truly and godly serve thee, through 
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen . 

O merciful God, who hast made all men, 
and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor 
desirest the death of a sinner, but rather that 
he should be converted and live; have mercy 
upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Heretics: 
and take from them all ignorance, hardness of 
heart, and contempt of thy word; and so fetch 
them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that 
they may be saved among the remnant of the 
true Israelites, and be made one fold under one 
Shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth 
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, 
one God, world without end. Amen . 

EASTER-EVEN 

Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized in¬ 
to the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Je¬ 
sus Christ, so by continual mortifying our cor¬ 
rupt affections, we may be buried with him; and 
that through the grave and gate of death we 


AND FASTS OF THE CHURCH. 381 

may pass to our joyful resurrection, for his mer¬ 
its, who died, and was buried, and rose again 
for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

EASTER-SUNDAY. 

Almighty God, who through thine only 
begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, 
and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; 
we humbly beseech thee, that as, by thy spe¬ 
cial grace preventing us, thou dost put into our 
minds good desires 5 so by thy continual help 
we may bring the same to good effect, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth 
with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, 
world without end. Amen . 

SAINT MARK'S DAY. 

O Almighty God, who hast instructed thy 
holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy 
Evangelist Saint Mark 5 give us grace, that 
being not like children carried away with every 
blast of vain doctrine, we may be established 
in the truth of thy holy Gospel, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES’S DAY. 

O Almighty God, whom truly to know is 
everlasting life; grant us perfectly to know thy 
Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and 


382 PRAYERS ON THE FESTIVALS 

the life; that following the steps of thy holy 
Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint James, we 
may stedfastly walk in the way that leadeth to 
eternal life, through the same thy Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE ASCENSION DAY. 

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, 
that like as we do believe thy only begotten 
Son our Lord Jesus Christ, to have ascended 
into the heavens; so we may also in heart and 
mind thither ascend, and with him continually 
dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and 
the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 


WHITSUNDAY. 

O God, who as at this time didst teach the 
hearts of thy faithful people, by sending to them 
the light of thy Holy Spirit; grant us, by the 
same Spirit, to have a right judgment in all 
things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy 
comfort, through the merits of Christ Jesus our 
Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in 
the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world 
without end. Amen. 

TRINITY SUNDAY. 

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast 


AND FASTS OF THE CHURCH. 383 

given unto us, thy servants, grace by the con¬ 
fession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory 
of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the 
Divine Majesty to worship the Unity } we be¬ 
seech thee that thou wouldest keep us stead¬ 
fast in this faith, and evermore defend us from 
all adversities, who livest and reignest one God, 
world without end. Amen . 

SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE. 

O Lord God Almighty, who didst endue 
thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts 
of the Holy Ghost 5 leave us not, we beseech 
thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of 
grace to use them alway to thy honour and 
glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

SAINT JOHN BAPTIST’S DAY. 

Almighty God, by whose providence thy 
servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, 
and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our 
Saviour, by preaching repentance 5 make us to 
follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may 
truly repent according to his preaching 5 and 
after his example constantly speak the truth, 
boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the 
truth’s sake, through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
i Amen . 




384 PRAYERS ON THE FESTIVALS 

SAINT PETER’S DAY. 

O Almighty God, who, by thy Son Jesus 
Christ, didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter 
many excellent gifts, and commandedst him 
earnestly to feed thy flock; make, we beseech 
thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to 
preach thy holy Word, and the people obe¬ 
diently to follow the same, that they may re¬ 
ceive the crown of everlasting glory, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE. 

Grant, O merciful God, that as thine holy 
Apostle Saint Janies, leaving his father and all 
that he had, without delay was obedient unto 
the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and follow¬ 
ed him 5 so we, forsaking all worldly and car¬ 
nal affections, may be evermore ready to follow 
thy holy commandments, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen . 

SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE. 

O Almighty and everlasting God, who 
didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace 
truly to believe and to preach thy Word*, 
grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to 
love that word which he believed, and both to 
preach and receive the same, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


AND FASTS OF THE CHURCH. 385 


SAINT MATTHEW THE APOSTLE. 

O Almighty God, who by thy blessed Son 
didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom, 
to be an Apostle and Evangelist ; grant us 
grace to forsake all covetous desires, and inor¬ 
dinate love of riches , and to follow the same 
thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth 
with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world 
without end. Amen . 

SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. 

O everlasting God, who hast ordained 
and constituted the services of Angels and men 
in a wonderful order 5 mercifully grant, that as 
thy holy Angels always do thee service in hea¬ 
ven 5 so, by thy appointment, they may suc¬ 
cour and defend us on earth, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen . 

SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST. 

Almighty God, who calledst Luke the 
physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be 
an Evangelist and Physician of the soul $ may 
it please thee, that by the wholesome medicines 
of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases 
of our souls may be healed, through the merits 
of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 

SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE, APOSTLES. 

O Almighty God, who hast built thy 

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386 


PRAYERS, ETC* 


Church upon the foundation of the Apostles 
and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the 
head corner stone j grant us so to be joined 
together in unity of spirit by their doctrine? 
that we may be made an holy temple accept- 
able unto thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
Amen, 


ALL SAINTS’ DAY. 

O Almighty God, who hast knit together 
thine elect in one communion and fellowship, 
in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our 
Lord 3 grant us grace so to follow thy blessed 
Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we 
may come to those unspeakable joys, which 
thou hast prepared for those who unfeignedly 
love thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
Amen, 




FROM THE 

PROPHETIC AND OTHER PARTS OF SCRIPTURE, 

WHICH MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE PSALMS IN THE MORNING 
AND EVENING DEVOTIONS. 


FOR THE SEASON OF ADVENT. 

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith 
your God. 

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and 
cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, 
that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath re¬ 
ceived of the Lord’s hand double for all her 
sins. 

The voice of him that crieth in the wilder¬ 
ness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make 
straight in the desert a high way for our God. 

Every valley shall be exalted, and every 
mountain and hill shall be made low: and the 
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough 
places plain: 

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, 
and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth 
of the Lord hath spoken it. 

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What 
shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the 
goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 


388 SELECTION S FROM SCRIPTURE. 

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: be¬ 
cause the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: 
surely the people is grass. 

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but 
the word of our God shall stand for ever. 

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee 
up into the high mountain 5 O Jerusalem, that 
bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice w T ith 
strength ; lift it up, be not afraid $ say unto the 
cities of Judah, Behold your God! 

Behold, the Lord God will come with 
strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: 
behold, his reward is with him, and his work 
before him. 

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he 
shall gather the lambs with his arm, and car¬ 
ry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead 
those that are with young. 

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine 
elect, in whom my soul delighteth ; I have put 
my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judg¬ 
ment to the Gentiles. 

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his 
voice to be heard in the street, 

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the 
smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall 
bring forth judgment unto truth. 

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 389 

have set judgment in the earth: and the isles 
shall wait for his law. 

Thus saith God the Lord, he that created 
the heavens, and stretched them out; he that 
spread forth the earth, and that which cometh 
out of it 5 he that giveth breath unto the people 
upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: 

I the Lord have called thee in righteous¬ 
ness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep 
thee, and give thee for a covenant of the peo¬ 
ple, for a light of the Gentiles; 

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the 
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in 
darkness out of the prison-house. 

I am the Lord: that is my name : and my 
glory will I not give to another, neither my 
praise to graven images. 

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth $ 
and break forth into singing, O mountains: for 
the Lord hath comforted his people, and will 
have mercy upon his afflicted. 

But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, 
and my Lord hath forgotten me. 

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that 
she should not have compassion on the son of 
her womb ? yea, they may forget, yet will I 
not forget thee. 

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, 
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390 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 


because the Lord hath anointed me to preach 
good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me 
to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim 
liberty to the captives, and the opening of the 
prison to them that are bound 5 

To proclaim the acceptable year of the 
Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God, 
to comfort all that mourn 5 

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, 
to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of 
joy for mourning, the garments of praise for 
the spirit of heaviness } that they might be call¬ 
ed Trees of righteousness, The planting of the 
Lord, that he might be glorified. 

Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall 
return, and come with singing unto Zion \ and 
everlasting joy shall be upon their head$ they 
shall obtain gladness and joy $ and sorrow and 
mourning shall flee away. 

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who 
art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man 
that shall die, and of the son of man which 
shall be made as grass \ 

And forgettest the Lord thy Maker, that 
hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the 
foundations of the earth 5 and hast feared con¬ 
tinually every day because of the fury of the 
oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy ? and 
where is the fury of the oppressor ? 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 391 


I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my 
people: and the voice of weeping shall be no 
more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 

There shall be no more thence an infant 
of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his 
days: for the child shall die an hundred years 
old: but the sinner being an hundred years old 
shall be accursed. 

And they shall build houses, and inhabit 
them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat 
the fruit of them. 

They shall not build, and another inhabit ) 
they shall not plant, and another eat: for as 
the days of a tree are the days of my people, 
and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of 
their hands. 

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth 
for trouble $ for they are the seed of the blessed 
of the Lord, and their offspring with them. 

And it shall come to pass, that before they 
call, I will answer 5 and while they are yet 
speaking, I will hear. 

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, 
and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock : 
and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They 
shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy 
mountain, saith the Lord. 


392 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE* 

Fear God, and keep his commandments: 
for this is the whole duty of man. 

For God shall bring every work into judg¬ 
ment, with every secret thing, whether it be 
good or whether it be evil. 

The Lord will take vengeance on his ad¬ 
versaries, and he reserveth wrath for his ene¬ 
mies. 

The Lord is slow to anger, and great in 
power, and will not at all acquit the wicked; 

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one 
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thou¬ 
sand years, and a thousand years as one day. 

The Lord is not slack concerning his pro¬ 
mise, as some men count slackness 5 but is 
long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any 
should perish, but that all should come to re¬ 
pentance. 

But the day of the Lord will come as a 
thief in the night; in the which the heavens 
shall pass away with a great noise, and the ele¬ 
ments shall melt with fervent heat, the earth 
also, and the works that are therein shall be 
burned up. 

Seeing then that all these things shall be 
dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to 
be in all holy conversation and godliness; 

Looking for and hasting unto the coming 
of the day of God, wherein the heavens being 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 393 

on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat ? 

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, 
look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein 
dwelleth righteousness. 

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for 
such things, be diligent that ye may be found 
of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 

And I saw a great white throne, and him 
that sat on it, from whose face the earth and 
the heaven fled away; and there was found no 
place for them. 

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand 
before God 5 and the books were opened, and 
another book was opened, which is the book 
of life: and the dead were judged out of those 
things which were written in the books, ac¬ 
cording to their works. 

And the sea gave up the dead which were 
in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead 
which were in them 5 and they were judged 
every man according to their works; 

And the kings of the earth, and the great 
men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, 
and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and 
every free-man, hid themselves in the dens and 
in the rocks of the mountains : 

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall 


394 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 

on us, and hide us from the face of him that 
sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of 
the Lamb: 

For the great day of his wrath is come, 
and who shall be able to stand ? 

And whosoever was not found written in 
the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. 

And those which have washed their robes, 
and made them white in the blood of the 
Lamb, are before the throne of God, and serve 
him day and night in his temple. 

And he that sitteth on the throne shall 
dwell among them. 

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst 
any more, neither shall the sun light on them, 
nor any heat. 

For the Lamb which is in the midst of the 
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them un¬ 
to living fountains of waters: and God shall 
wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. 

My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my 
spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 

For he that is mighty hath done great 
things *, and holy is his name. 

And his mercy is on them that fear him, 
from generation to generation. 

He hath showed strength with his arm ; he 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 395 

hath scattered the proud in the imagination of 
their hearts. 

He hath put down the mighty from their 
seats, and exalted them of low degree. 

He hath filled the hungry with good things, 
and the rich he hath sent empty away. 

He hath holpen his servant Israel, in re¬ 
membrance of his mercy $ 

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, 
and to his seed, for ever. 

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son 
is given 5 and the government shall be upon his 
shoulder 5 and his name shall be called Won¬ 
derful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The 
Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. 

Of the increase of his government and 
peace there shall be no end, upon the throne 
of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it 
and to establish it with judgment and with 
justice from henceforth even for ever. 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel 5 for he 
hath visited and redeemed his people. 

And hath raised up a horn of salvation for 
us, in the house of his servant David : 

As he spake by the mouth of his holy pro¬ 
phets, which have been since the world began. 

That we should be saved from our enemies, 
and from the hand of all that hate us; 


396 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 

To perform the mercy promised to our fa¬ 
thers, and to remember his holy covenant ; 

The oath which he sware to our father, 
Abraham, 

That he would grant unto us, that we, be¬ 
ing delivered out of the hand of our enemies, 
might serve him without fear, 

In holiness and righteousness before him all 
the days of our life. 

And thou, child, shalt be called the Pro¬ 
phet of the Highest, for thou shalt go before 
the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways 5 

To give knowledge of salvation unto his 
people, by the remission of their sins, 

Through the tender mercy of our God $ 
whereby the day-spring from on high hath visit¬ 
ed us. 

To give light to them that sit in darkness, 
and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet 
into the wav of peace. 

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart 
in peace, according to thy word: 

For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 

Which thou hast prepared before the face 
of all people: 

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the 
glory of thy people Israel. 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 397 

FOR THE EPIPHANY. 

Arise, shine 5 for thy light is come, and 
the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 

For behold, the darkness shall cover the 
earth, and gross darkness the people: but the 
Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall 
be seen upon thee* 

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, 
and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all 
they gather themselves together, they come to 
thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy 
daughters shall be nursed at thy side. 

Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and 
thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged , be¬ 
cause the abundance of the sea shall be con¬ 
verted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall 
come unto thee. 

Violence shall be no more heard in thy 
land, wasting nor destruction within thy bor¬ 
ders ; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, 
and thy gates Praise. 

The sun shall be no more thy light by day: 
neither for brightness shall the moon give light 
unto thee : but the Lord shall be unto thee an 
everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 

Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither 
shall thy moon withdraw itself, for the Lord 


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398 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE* 

shall be thine everlasting light, and the days 
of thy mourning shall be ended. 

Thy people also shall be all righteous $ they 
shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my 
planting, the work of my hands that I may be 
glorified. 

A little one shall become a thousand, and a 
small one a strong nation \ I the Lord will has¬ 
ten it in his time. 

FOR GOOD-FRIDAY. 

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, 
he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very 
high. 

As many were astonished at thee $ his vis¬ 
age was so marred more than any man, and 
his form more than the sons of men: 

Who hath believed our report ? and to 
whom is the arm of the Lord revealed ? 

For he shall grow up before him as a ten¬ 
der plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: 
he hath no form nor comeliness $ and when we 
shall see him, there is no beauty that we should 
desire him. 

He is despised and rejected of men; a man 
of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we 
hid as it were our faces from him; he was de¬ 
spised, and we esteemed him not. 

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and car- 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 399 

ried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him 
stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 

But he was wounded for our transgressions, 
he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastise¬ 
ment of our peace was upon him; and with 
his stripes we are healed. 

All we like sheep have gone astray, we 
have turned every one to his own way; and 
the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet 
he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a 
lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before 
her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his 
mouth. 

He was taken from prison and from judg^ 
ment: and who shall declare his generation ? 
for he was cut off out of the land of the living; 
for the transgression of my people was he 
stricken. 

And he made his grave with the wicked, 
and with the rich in his death; because he had 
done no violence, neither was any deceit in his 
mouth. 

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him: 
he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make 
his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his 
seed, he shall prolong his days, and the plea¬ 
sure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand* 

He shall see of the travail of his soul, 


400 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 


and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall 
my righteous servant justify many} for he shall 
bear their iniquities. 

Therefore will I divide him a portion with 
the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the 
strong 5 because he hath poured out his soul 
unto death 5 and he was numbered with the 
transgressors 5 and he bare the sin of many, 
and made intercession for the transgressors. 

FOR EASTER-SUNDAY. 

Now is Christ risen from the dead, and be¬ 
come the first fruits of them that slept. 

For if we believe that Jesus died and arose 
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus 
will God bring with him. 

For the Lord himself shall descend from 
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the 
archangel, and with the trump of God: and 
the dead in Christ shall rise first: 

Then we which are alive and remain shall 
be caught up together with them in the clouds, 
to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we 
ever be with the Lord ; 

For the Lord Jesus Christ shall change our 
vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto 
his glorious body, according to the working 
whereby he is able even to subdue all things 
unto himself. 



SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 401 

It is sown in corruption, it is raised in in¬ 
corruption : 

It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory: 
it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power: 

It is sown a natural body, it is raised a 
spiritual body. 

For this corruptible must put on incorrup¬ 
tion, and this mortal must put on immortality. 

So when this corruptible shall have put on 
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on 
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the 
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up 
in victory. 

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, 
where is thy victory ? 

The sting of death is sin; and the strength 
of sin is the law. 

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the 
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye sted- 
fast, unmoveable, always abounding in the 
work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that 
your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

And behold, I come quickly ; and my re¬ 
ward is with me, to give every man according 
as his work shall be. 

Hold fast that which thou hast, that no man 
take thy crown. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our 

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402 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 

Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to his 
abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto 
a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus 
Christ from the dead, 

To an inheritance incorruptible, and unde- 
tiled, that fadeth not away. 

FOR WHITSUNDAY. 

And when the day of Pentecost was fully 
come, they were all with one accord in one 
place. 

And suddenly there came a sound from 
heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it fill¬ 
ed all the house where they were sitting. 

And there appeared unto them cloven 
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of 
them. 

And they were all filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues 
as the spirit gave them utterance. 

And fear came upon every soul; and many 
wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 

This is that which was spoken by the pro¬ 
phet Joel, 

And it shall come to pass in the last days, 
saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon 
all flesh; and your sons and your daughters 
shall prophesy, and your young men shall see 
visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 403 

And on my servants and on my* hand¬ 
maidens I will pour out in those days of my 
Spirit 5 and they shall prophesy: 

And I will show wonders in heaven above, 
and signs in the earth beneath ; blood, and fire, 
and vapour of smoke. 

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and 
the moon into blood, before that great and 
notable day of the Lord come. 

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever 
shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be 
saved. 

Let not your heart be troubled 5 ye believe 
in God, believe also in me. 

In my Father’s house are many mansions 5 
if it were not so, I would have told you. I go 
to prepare a place for you. 

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I 
will come again, and receive you unto myself5 
that where I am, there ye may be also. 

Your sorrow shall be turned into joy, and 
your joy no man taketh from you. 

And I will pray the Father, and he shall 
give you another comforter, that he may abide 
with you for ever, 

Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, nei¬ 
ther knoweth him. 


404 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 


I ‘will not leave you comfortless: I will 
come to you. 

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give 
unto you $ not as the world giveth give I unto 
you. 



SELECTIONS FROM THE*PSALMS, 

WHICH MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR OTHERS IN THE MORNING AND EVE¬ 
NING DEVOTIONS, IN TIME OF TROUBLE. 


Hear my crying, O God \ give ear unto 
my prayer. 

From the ends of the earth will I call upon 
thee when my heart is in heaviness. 

The Lord will be a defence for the oppress¬ 
ed, even a refuge in due time of trouble. 

And they that know thy name will put their 
trust in thee : for thou, Lord, hast never failed 
them that seek thee. 

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are 
right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast 
caused me to be troubled. 

Comfort the soul of thy servant; for unto 
thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, and 
of great mercy unto all them that call upon 
thee. 

Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer, and pon¬ 
der the voice of my humble desires. 

Remember me, O Lord, according to the 
favour that thou bearest unto thy people; O 
visit me with thy salvation: 

That I may see the felicity of thy chosen, 




406 SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS. 

and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and 
give thanks with thine inheritance. 

The Lord delivereth the souls of his ser¬ 
vants : and all they that put their trust in him 
shall not be destitute. 

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, 
O Lord, and teachest him in thy law. 

Before I was troubled, I went wrong: but 
now have I kept thy word. 

It is good for me that I have been in trou¬ 
ble 5 that I may learn thy statutes. 

In my prosperity I said, I shall never be 
removed 5 thou, Lord, of thy goodness, hadst 
made my hill so strong. 

Thou didst turn thy face from me, and I 
was troubled. 

Then cried I unto thee, O Lord; and gat 
me to my Lord right humbly. 

If the Lord had not helped me, it had not 
failed, but my soul had been put to silence. 

But when I said, My foot hath slipped $ 
thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. 

In the multitude of the sorrows that I had 
in my heart, thy comforts have refreshed my 
soul. 

Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy$ 
thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me 
with gladness: 


ELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS. 407 

Therefore shall every good man sing of thy 
praise without ceasing: O my God, I will give 
thanks unto thee for ever. 

Gon is our hope and strength, a very pre¬ 
sent help in trouble. 

The Lord is my light and my salvation, 
whom then shall I fear? The Lord is the 
strength of my life, of whom then shall I be 
afraid ? 

Though an host of men were laid against 
me, yet shall not my heart be afraid 5 and 
though there rose up war against me, yet will 
I put my trust in thee. 

O praise our God, ye people, and make the 
voice of his praise to be heard; 

Who holdeth our soul in life, and suffered! 
not our feet to slip. 

O love the Lord, all ye his saints 5 for the 
Lord preseryeth them that are faithful, and 
plenteously rewardeth the proud doer. 

Be strong, and he shall establish your heart, 
all ye that put your trust in the Lord. 

The Lord of hosts is with us \ the God of 
Jacob is our refuge. 

From the 71st Psalm. 

In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust 5 let 
me never be put to confusion; but rid me, and 


408 SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS. 

deliver me in thy righteousness$ incline thine 
ear unto me, and save me. 

Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may 
alway resort 5 thou hast promised to help me, 
for thou art my house of defence, and my cas¬ 
tle. 

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of 
the ungodly, out of the hand of the unrighteous 
and cruel man : 

For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that 
I long for: thou art my hope, even from my 
youth. 

Through thee have I been holden up ever 
since I was born: thou art he that took me out 
of my mother’s womb: my praise shall be al¬ 
ways of thee. 

O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, 
that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the 
day long. 

Cast me not away in the time of age ; for¬ 
sake me not when my strength faileth me: 

Go not far from me, O God, my God, haste 
thee to help me. 

I will go forth in the strength of the Lord 
God, and will make mention of thy righteous¬ 
ness only. 

Thou, O God, hast taught me from my 
youth up until now; therefore will I tell of 
thy wondrous works. 


SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS. 409 

Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, 
when I am grey-headed, until I have showed thy 
strength unto this generation, and thy power 
to all them that are yet for to come. 

Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, 
and great things are they that thou hast done; 
O God, who is like unto thee! 

O what great troubles and adversities hast 
thou showed me ! and yet didst thou turn and 
refresh me; yea, and broughtest me from the 
deep of the earth again. 

Thou hast brought me to great honour, and 
comforted me on every side: 

Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faith¬ 
fulness, O God, playing upon an instrument of 
music: unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O 
thou Holy one of Israel. 

From the 39th Psalm. 

Lord, let me know my end, and the num¬ 
ber of T ly days, that I may be certified how 
long I have to live. 

Behold, thou hast made my days as it were 
a span long, and mine age is even as nothing 
in respect of thee; and verily every man living 
is altogether vanity: 

For man walketh in a vain shadow, and 
disquieteth himself in vain; he heapeth up 
riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. 

So 



410 SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS. 


And now, Lord, what is my hope ? truly 
my hope is even in thee. 

Deliver me from all mine offences, and 
make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. 

I became dumb, and opened not my mouth $ 
for it was thy doing. 

Take thy plague away from me: I am even 
consumed by the means of thy heavy hand. 

When thou with rebukes dost chasten man 
for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume 
away, like as it were a moth fretting a gar¬ 
ment 5 every man therefore is but vanity. 

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine 
ears consider my calling 5 hold not thy peace 
at my tears. 

For I am a stranger with thee, and a so¬ 
journer, as all my fathers were. 

O spare me a little, that 1 may recover my 
strength, before I go hence, and be no more 
seen. 

From the 90th Psalm. 

Loud, thou hast been our refuge, from one 
generation to another. 

Before the mountains were brought forth, 

or ever the earth and the world were made, 

> 

thou art God from everlasting, and world with¬ 
out end. 

Thou turnest man to destruction ; again 


SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS. 411 

thou sayest, Come again ye children of 
men. 

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as 
yesterday, seeing that is past as a watch in the 
night. 

As soon as thou scatterest them, they are 
even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like 
the grass. 

In the morning it is green, and groweth 
up 3 but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, 
and withered. 

For we consume away in thy displeasure, 
and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 

Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee, 
and our secret sins in the light of thy coun¬ 
tenance. 

For when thou art angry, all our days are 
gone 3 we bring our years to an end, as it were 
a tale that is told. 

The days of our age are threescore years 
and ten 3 and though men be so strong that 
they come to fourscore years, yet is their 
strength then but labour and sorrow 3 so soon 
passeth it away, and we are gone. 

But who regardeth the power of thy wrath 3 
for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy 
displeasure. 

So teach us to number our days, that we 
may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 



412 SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS. 


From the 116th Psalm. 

I am well pleased that the Lord hath heard 
the voice of my prayer ; 

That he hath inclined his ear unto me; 
therefore will I call upon him as long as I live* 

The snares of death compassed me round 
about, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me. 

I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I 
will call upon the name of the Lord: O Lord, 
I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, 
our God is merciful. 

The Lord preserveth the simple : I was in 
misery, and he helped me. 

Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul, 
for the Lord hath rewarded thee. 

And why \ thou hast delivered my soul 
from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet 
from falling. 

I will walk before the Lord in the land of 
the living. 

What reward shall I give unto the Lord, 
for all the benefits that he hath done unto me ? 
I will receive the cup of salvation, and call up¬ 
on the name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the 
sight of all his people, in the courts of the 
Lord’s house, even in the midst of thee, O 
Jerusalem: praise the Lord. 


FROM THE 


OTHER PROPHETIC AND POETICAL PARTS OF SCRIPTDRE, 

WHICH MAY ALSO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE PSALMS IN THE MORNING AND 
EVENING DEVOTIONS. 


TO BE USED IN TIME OF TROUBLE. 

My son, despise not the chastening of the 
Lord ; neither be weary of his correction : 

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; 
even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 

He withdraweth not his eyes from the 
righteous: 

Yea, he doth establish them for ever, and 
they are exalted. 

And if they be bound in fetters, and be 
holden in cords of affliction; 

Then he showeth them their work, and 
their transgressions that they have exceeded. 

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and 
commandeth that they return from iniquity. 

Behold, happy is the man which God cor¬ 
recteth ; therefore despise not thou the chas¬ 
tening of the Almighty. 

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he 
woundeth, and his hands make whole. 

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414 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 

He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, 
in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 

In famine he shall redeem thee from death \ 
and in war from the power of the sword. 

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the 
tongue : neither shalt thou be afraid of destruc¬ 
tion when it cometh. 

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle 
shall be in peace 5 and thou shalt visit thy habi¬ 
tation, and shalt not sin. 

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age. 
like as a shock of corn cometh in, in his season. 

I am the man that hath seen affliction by 
the rod of his wrath. 

And thou hast removed my soul far off from 
peace: I forgat prosperity. 

And I said, My strength and my hope is 
perished from the Lord: 

Remembering mine affliction and my mis¬ 
ery, the wormwood and the gall. 

My soul hath them still in remembrance, 
and is humbled in me. 

The Lord will not cast off for ever: 

But though he cause grief, yet will he have 
compassion according to the multitude of his 
mercies. 

For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve 
the children of men. 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 415 

If they obey and serve him, they shall 
spend their days in prosperity, and their years 
in pleasures. 

But if they obey not, they shall perish by 
the sword, and they shall die without know¬ 
ledge. 

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath, 
they cry not when he bindeth them. 

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose 
mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth 
in thee. 

Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the 
Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. 

Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, 
neither shall fruit be in the vines 3 the labour 
of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield 
no meat 5 the dock shall be cut off from the 
fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in 
the God of my salvation. 

ON THE DEATH OF PIOUS FRIENDS. 

Shall we receive good at the hand of God, 
and shall we not receive evil ? 

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken 
away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 

But I would not have you to be ignorant, 
brethren, concerning them which are asleep, 


416 SELECTIONS FRO 31 SCRIPTURE. 

that ye sorrow not, even as others which have 
no hope. 

For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead 
shall he raised incorruptible, and we shall be 
changed. 

For this corruptible must put on incorrup¬ 
tion, and this mortal must put on immortality. 

So when this corruptible shall have put on 
ineorruption, and this mortal shall have put 
on immortality, then shall be brought to pass 
the saying that is written, Death is swallowed 
up in victory. 

O death, where is thy sting ? O grave, 
where is thy victory ? 

The sting of death is sin $ and the strength 
of sin is the law, 

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the 
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ 

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye sted- 
fast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work 
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your 
labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto 
me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in 
the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the 
Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; 
and their works do follow them. 

After this I beheld, and lo, a great multi- 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 417 

tude which no man could number, of all na¬ 
tions, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, 
stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, 
clothed with white robes, and palms in their 
hands. 

And cried with a loud voice, saying, Sal¬ 
vation to our God which sitteth upon the 
throne, and unto the Lamb. 

And all the angels stood round about the 
throne, and about the elders $ and fell before 
the throne on their faces, and worshipped 
God, 

Saying, Amen 5 Blessing, and glory, and 
wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and 
power, and might, be unto our God for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

And one of the elders answered, saying 
unto me, What are these which are arrayed in 
white robes; and whence came they ? 

And I said unto him, Sir, thou kmywest 
And he said unto me, These are they which 
came out of great tribulation, and have wash¬ 
ed their robes, and made them white in the 
blood of the Lamb. 

Therefore are they before the throne of 
God, and serve him day and night in his tem¬ 
ple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall 
dwell among them. 

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst 


418 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE* 

any more $ neither shall the sun light on them* 
nor any heat. 

For the Lamb which is in the midst of the 
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them un¬ 
to living fountains of waters: and God shall 
wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

And there shall be no more death, neither 
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any 
more pain: for the former things are passed 
away. 

IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR MORTALITY IN GENERAL. 

Man that is born of woman is of few days, 
and full of trouble. 

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut 
down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and contin- 
ueth not. 

His days are determined, the number of 
his months are with thee, thou hast appointed 
his bounds that he cannot pass $ 

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and 
he passeth 5 thou changest his countenance* 
and sendest him away. 

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth 
it not ; and they are brought low, but he per- 
ceiveth it not of them. 

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth 
away: so he that goeth down to the grave 
shall come up no more. 


SELECTIONS FROM S C R I P T V R E . 419 

He shall return no more to his house, nei¬ 
ther shall his place know him any more. 

I have said to corruption, Thou art my fa¬ 
ther : to the worm, Thou art my mother, and 
my sister. 

And where is now my hope ? as for my 
hope, who shall see it ? 

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, 
when our rest together is in the dust. 

There the wicked cease from troubling ; 
and there the weary be at rest. 

There the prisoners rest together $ they 
hear not the voice of the oppressor. 

The small and great are there, and the 
servant is free from his master. 

If a man die, shall he live again ? all the 
days of my appointed time will I wait, till my 
change come. 

For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and 
that he shall stand at the latter day upon the 
earth : 

And though after my skin worms destroy 
this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine 
eyes shall behold, and not another. 

Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou 
knowest not what a day may bring forth. 

For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, 


420 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 

that appeareth for a little time, and then van¬ 
ished! away. 

All flesh shall perish together, and man 
shall turn again unto dust. 

For we are strangers before thee, and so¬ 
journers, as were all our fathers : our days on 
the earth are as a shadow, and there is none 
abiding. 

They are passed away as the swift ships: 
as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly 
at ease and quiet: 

And another dieth in the bitterness of his 
soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and 
the worms shall cover them. 

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord 
from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that 
they may rest from their labours $ and their 
works do follow them. 

But the fearful and unbelieving, and the 
abominable, shall have their part in the lake 
which burnetii with fire and brimstone: which 
is the second death. 

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, 
call ye upon him while he is near. 

Hear ye, and give ear 5 be not proud: for 
the Lord hath spoken. 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 421 

Give glory to the Lord your God, before he 
cause darkness, and before your feet stumble 
upon the dark mountains, and while ye look 
for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, 
and make it gross darkness. 

For man also knoweth not his time: as the 
fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as 
the birds that are caught in the snare 5 so are 
the sons of men snared in an evil time, when 
it falleth suddenly upon them. 

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it 
with thy might; for there is no work nor de¬ 
vice, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave 
whither thou goest. 

Let me die the death of the righteous, and 
let my last end be like his. 

Thy dead men shall live, together with my 
dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, 
ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew 
of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. 

And they that be wise, shall shine as the 
brightness of the firmament; and they that 
turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever 
and ever. 


IN TIME OF SICKNESS. 

Is there not an appointed time to man upon 
earth ? are not his days also like the days of a 
hireling ? 

36 


422 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, 
and as a hireling iooketh for the reward of his 
work: 

So am I made to possess months of vanity, 
and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 

When I lie down, I say, when shall I arise, 
and the night be gone ? and I am full of tossings 
to and fro until the dawning of the day. 

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my 
couch shall ease my complaint $ 

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and 
terrifiest me through visions. 

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed 5 
save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my 
praise. 

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him : 

Blessed be God, even the Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and 
the God of all comfort 5 who comforteth us in 
all our tribulation. 

No chastening for the present seemeth to 
be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, after¬ 
ward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of right¬ 
eousness unto them which are exercised there- 

b y- 

For which cause we faint not; but though 
our outward man perish, yet the inward man 
is renewed day by day. 

For our light affliction, which is but for a 


SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 423 


moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding 
and eternal weight of glory $ 

While we look not at the things which are 
seen, hut at the things which are not seen: 
for the things which are seen are temporal 5 
but the things which are not seen are eternal. 

ON RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 

I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall 
go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived 
of the residue of my years. 

I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the 
Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold 
man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 

Mine age is departed, and is removed from 
me as a shepherd’s tent: he will cut me off* 
with pining sickness: from day even to night 
wilt thou make an end of me. 

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, 
the graves are ready for me. 

And now my soul is poured out upon me : 
the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 

My bones are pierced in me in the night 
season : and my sinews take no rest. 

My days are past, my purposes are broken 
off, even the thoughts of my heart. 

But thou hast in love to my soul delivered 
it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast 
cast all my sins behind thy back. 


424 SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE. 

For the grave cannot praise thee, death 
cannot celebrate thee : they that go down into 
the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, 
as I do this day: the father to the children 
shall make known thy truth. 

When my soul fainted within me I remem¬ 
bered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto 
thee, into thy holy temple. 

They that observe lying vanities, forsake 
their own mercy. 

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice 
of thanksgiving 5 I will pay that that I have 
vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. 


FINIS 


ERRATA. 


Page 49, line 14, dele “in” 

“ 127, “ 12, for “ work’^read word. 

“ 251, “ 20, dele “to” 

“ 271, “ 9, for “inhabitedest” read inhabitest. 

“ 284, “ 2 from bottom, for “shah” read shall* 

“ 290, “ 10, for “profitable” read profitably. 

“ 337, “ last, for “doctiine” read doctrine. 

“ 375, “ 21, insert “our” after Christ. 






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the forcible reasonings, the rapid, vivid, fervid perorations, of these discourses.”— British 
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